Is there a Hadith stating that the repentant backbiter will eventually enter Paradise, and the unrepentant will enter Hell, and is it true that backbiting a Muslim prevents the acceptance of their prayers and fasting for forty days unless their victim forgives them?
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No with this wording has been reported. If the backbiter repents sincerely and seeks absolution from those he wronged, we hope that Allah will forgive him and not delay his entry into Paradise due to the sin from which he repented.
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