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The Impermissibility of Backbiting a Non-Muslim 

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Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

The Impermissibility of Backbiting a Non-Muslim

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In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Assalamu alaikum,

Imam al-Barkawi mentions in his al-Tariqa al-Muhammadiyya that backbiting (ghiba) is, “To mention the faults of your brother, if he is specified and known to the person addressed.”

Sayyidi Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi comments,

” the faults, ” that is, the blameworthy traits and shortcomings, or that which he dislikes.

“your brother,” in humanity, even if a non-believer (kafir)… it is stated in Tanwir al-Absar… that it is necessary to avoid hurting him, and it is impermissible (haram) to backbite him, just as a Muslim.

[Sayyidi Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi, al-Hadiqa al-Nadiyya Sharh al-Tariqa al-Muhammadiyya, 2: 218]

Wassalam,

Faraz Rabbani

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