Speech and Backbiting
461 questions
Is it permissible to sever ties with relatives, not visit them, and avoid speaking with them to avoid the sins they commit, such as being lenient in private intermingling [between sexes], backbiting, or speaking in a way that incites lusts, or because some of them do not pray or disbelieve in God?
Is a person sinful for raising his voice at his family and calling them ignorant, because they accuse him of being extreme due to his preventing his sister from speaking to someone?
Is a girl entitled to refuse marriage to a man of good character and religious commitment because his family backbites people and engages in gossip?
Does telling relatives and friends about a cousin's attempts to attract her fiancé's attention, which led to the annulment of the engagement, constitute backbiting (gheebah) and harm to her, and how can one repent from that?
Is it permissible to curse the occupation in general, and the Zionist occupation in particular, by saying: "May the occupation be cursed" or "May the curse of Allah be upon the Jews"?
What is the ruling on preventing one's parents from visiting friends, and is my informing them of this considered backbiting or lying, and should I evade answering? And what should the maternal aunt do if her husband prevents her from visiting his sisters, and would informing her of this cause discord and hatred?
Is it obligatory to inform one's brother directly about a correction to previous information regarding the uncovering of awrah, or is it permissible to inform him indirectly?
Does likening a person to a certain nationality, such as Sudanese due to skin color, for the purpose of joking without insult, fall under backbiting (gheebah), mockery, or ridicule?
What is the explanation of the Hadith: "Whoever taunts his brother for a sin will not die until he commits it himself"?
What is the ruling on verbally abusing someone loudly at home without anyone hearing, and is it recorded as a sin, based on the Hadith: "Indeed, Allah has pardoned for my Ummah whatever they speak to themselves about, as long as they do not act upon it or speak of it"?
Is what the sister did by mentioning the actions of her brother's wife unnecessarily, or what the second sister did by informing the brother's wife of what her sister said about her, considered backbiting (gheebah) or slander (nameemah)?
Is it permissible to return an insult in kind, such as insulting someone with their illness in response to their insulting me with a defect I have, and will I be afflicted if I respond to him, and am I entitled to supplicate against him because he was the one who initiated it?
What is the religious ruling on a person who spies on someone afflicted with a sin, exposes him, mobilizes others to spy on him, and verbally abuses him, and what is his punishment?
Is what the questioner did by exposing her cousin—who she discovered was sending the questioner's personal photos (the questioner's photos) as if they were the cousin's photos and engaging in sexual phone calls with young men—forbidden, and should she have concealed her?
Is one who backbit a person then repented accountable for the sin of everyone who backbites that same person after his repentance?
What are backbiting (gheebah) and slander (nameemah), and is mentioning details of one's life to others considered one of them?
Is the speech of a driver about another driver whom he sees considered backbiting about an unknown person, or backbiting about a known person? And if a person speaks about an official who is unknown to me, is that considered backbiting about an unknown person, and is there no sin in it? And if one should avoid any of these situations, is it unlawful (haram) or merely disliked (makruh)?
Does insulting others invalidate one's ablution (Wudu')?
Is it considered gloating to call a sick person who cannot move "disabled," and will the person who says it be afflicted, and is it necessary to ask the patient for forgiveness, especially since the statement was made in anger and repentance and seeking forgiveness have occurred?
Is it permissible to spy on the ex-wife and expose her after their divorce to prove her bad behaviors that caused him multiple problems, especially since she falsely accuses him and threatened to deport him from the country, given that the police advised him to do so as a means of defending himself?
Is the inquirer considered sinful for publishing details about his ex-fiancée, her flaws, and her family's flaws on a public Facebook group for the purpose of seeking a fatwa, and what is the expiation for this mistake, if any?
Must I tell my husband about all my conversations with my family and others, especially if he claims that my mother's words could lead to the ruin of the home, or else disputes will arise between us?
Is expiation obligatory for one who reveals a secret when its owner requested that it not be revealed by saying, "Don't tell anyone," or "It's a trust"?
Could the recurring mosque fires be due to wrongdoings and violations of Sharia taking place inside it, such as backbiting and gossip, begging, not completing the prayer rows, the Imam neglecting some of his duties, and the cessation of knowledge circles?