Is one who backbit a person then repented accountable for the sin of everyone who backbites that same person after his repentance?
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If the one who committed evil repents to Allah Almighty, then he does not bear the sin of those who followed him. The scholars have affirmed that the repentance of one who sinned, even if the effect of his sin remains, is accepted.
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