Is a general message of seeking forgiveness for those I have backbitten sufficient, instead of directly asking for their forgiveness, in order to avoid their anger or severing ties with them?
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We have previously issued fatwas regarding how to repent from backbiting. Most scholars do not stipulate informing the person who was backbited; rather, seeking forgiveness for them and supplicating for them in their absence is sufficient. This is what Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah affirmed, and the idea of the message is good.
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