Shariah gives importance to all aspects of a situation, including a person's feelings and emotions. Even though Gheebat ( backbiting) is a great sin but there are certain situations when Shariah has allowed a person to do Gheebat and it is not a sin.
1. PROTECTING SOMEONE FROM HARM
If you know about someone that he is of a bad character and take advantage of them, then telling someone who is likely to come to harm from that person, about what that person does, is not a sin.
2. PROTECTING SOMEONE'S LIFE
If you know that a person is planning to attack and kill another person then telling the intended victim, so that he can protect himself, is not only permissible , it is actually Wajib (obligatory under Shariah law).
3. TELLING SOMEONE ABOUT AN INJUSTICE ONE HAS SUFFERED
If a person has harmed someone or has done some injustice to him, then it is not a sin for the victim to tell someone that the perpetrator has done such and such injustice to him. This is regardless of whether the person he is sharing this with can get him some reprieve or not.
In Quran Karim Allah SWT says, "Allah does not like the saying of evil words openly except from anyone wronged..." (Surah Al-Nisa: 148)
Adapted from the talk "Gheebat - A great sin" by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
1. PROTECTING SOMEONE FROM HARM
If you know about someone that he is of a bad character and take advantage of them, then telling someone who is likely to come to harm from that person, about what that person does, is not a sin.
2. PROTECTING SOMEONE'S LIFE
If you know that a person is planning to attack and kill another person then telling the intended victim, so that he can protect himself, is not only permissible , it is actually Wajib (obligatory under Shariah law).
3. TELLING SOMEONE ABOUT AN INJUSTICE ONE HAS SUFFERED
If a person has harmed someone or has done some injustice to him, then it is not a sin for the victim to tell someone that the perpetrator has done such and such injustice to him. This is regardless of whether the person he is sharing this with can get him some reprieve or not.
In Quran Karim Allah SWT says, "Allah does not like the saying of evil words openly except from anyone wronged..." (Surah Al-Nisa: 148)
Adapted from the talk "Gheebat - A great sin" by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
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