Is it permissible, from a Sharia perspective, for social workers, psychotherapists, or educators to disclose problems that their clients or students confided in them, even if such disclosure is without mentioning names, despite the professionals' pledge to absolute confidentiality and the clients' or students' recommendation to keep the matters secret?
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Concealing a secret is obligatory and among the noble virtues. It is not permissible to disclose it except for a [legitimate] benefit, whether in medicine, education, or other fields, and without mentioning the owner of the secret.
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