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Topic: Slander and Backbiting
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Umm Ridhwaan Farihah bint Abdul-Malik
(Egypt)
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As Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah
How does a person deal with the issue of slander , when the person is continuously slandered and the this does NOT involve issues of manhaj or aqeedah? Can any of the students of knowledge please the shuyook regarding this matter?
Jazakullah khairan for your assistance.
Umm Ridwan
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Umm Ridhwaan Farihah bint Abdul-Malik
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As Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah
Afwan, question should have read : Can any of the students of knowledge ASK the shuyook regarding this matter?
Jazaakullah khairan
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Abul-'Abbaas Moosaa ibn John Richardson
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wa 'alaykumus-salaamu wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh.
It is not ever permissible to slander people, not the people of innovation, not even the kuffaar. I believe you are referring to gheebah (backbiting). Slandering (buhtaan) is lying on someone, and backbiting is stating the truth about someone, something that he would not like to hear.
قال الإمام مسلم: حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ وَقُتَيْبَةُ وَابْنُ حُجْرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيبَةُ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ قَالَ ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ قِيلَ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِي مَا أَقُولُ قَالَ إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ فَقَدِ اغْتَبْتَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ فَقَدْ بَهَتَّهُ
"Imaam Muslim said that Yahyaa ibn Ayyoob narrated to him that Qutaybah and Ibn Hujr said: Ismaa'eel narrated to us from al-'Alaa' from his father from Aboo Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu 'alayhe wa sallam) said: "Do you know what gheebah (backbiting) is?" They said, "Allaah and His Messenger know best." He said: "That you mention about your brother something he dislikes." It was said, "What if what I say is true about him?" He said: "If he is really like what you have said, then you have backbitten him (gheebah), and if it is not true, then you have slandered him (buhtaan)."
Backbiting is haraam due to Allaah's Statement:
ولا يغتب بعضكم بعضا
"And do not backbite one another"
and only becomes permissible in certain instances, like warning against a harmful person (including innovators, thiefs, people who cause corruption, weak narrators and liars, etc.), consulting a judge about the oppression of a person, seeking help in correcting a wrong, etc. It is not something only related to the 'aqeedah or manhaj of a person. Refer to Imaam an-Nawawee's chapter on Backbiting from Riyaadh as-Saaliheen and then the chapter after it about the exceptions to its prohibition.
Moosaa ibn John Richardson
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سبحانك اللهم وبحمدك
أشهد أن لا إله إلا أنت
أستغفرك وأتوب إليك
This message was edited by Moosaa on 2-27-04 @ 5:01 AM
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Abu 'Abdil 'Azeez Waseem ibn Abdirraheem Al Peshimaam
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This message was edited by wasim.ahmed on 3-5-04 @ 12:58 AM
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26-02-2004 @ 5:06 PM
27-02-2004 @ 4:06 AM