Is it a sin to disclose information that the mother did not explicitly ask to be kept secret, but the daughter felt was a secret due to the private nature of the situation in which she was informed?
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It appears that what your mother told you is a secret, as you stated, "I felt it was a secret." The fact that she spoke to you alone and was concealing it are indications that she intended it to be a secret. Acting upon such indications is agreed upon by jurists. Disclosing this secret is forbidden and entails sin if it leads to harm.
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