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Is warning colleagues about a female colleague who is trying to harm others considered backbiting (نميمة) or slander (غيبة), and what should a person do to avoid speaking ill of her and bearing the sin for it?

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If the discussion about a woman is intended to warn against harming her, then it is permissible, provided it is limited to what is necessary; otherwise, it is forbidden, as it falls under prohibited backbiting.

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