Hiiii! I’m a 16 y/o girl and a couple of years ago I found out that gossiping/backbite was haram, to be honest I didn’t know about it before and sinned unknowingly but when I did find out I did my best to stop. Now my question is do I still have to tell the people that I have wronged about what I have said if they don’t know and that I did it unknowing that it was a sin? And is it different if i just gossiped about them or if i backbite them bc i have seen some people say that if you gossiped about someone and they don’t know, you shouldn’t tell them and with backbiting some people say you don’t have to tell them if they do not know while others recommend you to tell them. And there is some people that i genuinely don’t remember that I have backbit? What should i do and how should i repent? And I have heard that sins committed out of ignorance are pardoned but I saw somewhere that it wouldn’t take all the consequences from backbiting (I don’t think it applies to other sins but idk I’m not a scholar). And to give more context I have done my best to ask forgiveness for the backbiting I have done to those that I remember but there are 1 person I remember I have backbite/gossiped about though I did it out of anger and ignorance (we have made up without realizing/ apologized ) and frankly I don’t think she want to know speak with me since we both will soon start high school in different schools. If it helps I have sincerely regretted what I have done and have spoken good about her when people said something negative about her or when I talk about her in general, I’m not sure she will add me back since Snapchat is the only way I somewhat can contact her. What should I do

Post: Assalamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah, I’m a student and our college farewell is coming up. I’m conflicted about attending for the following reasons: 1. The people in my class are mostly involved in backbiting and slander — I feel morally out of place. 2. I recently ended a haram relationship with a girl who will be there. I fear falling back into sin if I see her. 3. The event includes music, dancing, and free mixing. Girls dress inappropriately, and many friends talk indecently about them. I don’t want to be part of such a gathering. 4. I feel no benefit in attending and believe I will regret it. However, I know some friends might mock or feel bad if I don’t show up. My concern: Am I right Islamically to skip this event, even if others don’t like it? Please advise with Qur'an, Hadith, or scholarly opinion.

I am not still sure what prophet(pbuh) meant by using backbiting(gibah). According to this hadith => the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “Do you know what ghibah (backbiting) is?” They said, “Allah and His Messenger know best.” He said, “Saying something about your brother that he dislikes.” It was said, “What if what I say about my brother is true?” He said, “If what you say is true then you have backbited about him, and if it is not true, then you have slandered him.” [Muslim] and many more, it seems to me that if anyone have done a bad work and I tell other about that to be careful from the person, then this would be backbiting as the person will be sad hearing that. But can't we make other people cautious of strange and bad persons. Or,I am wrong understanding The concept of backbiting? Then please make me clear about backbiting in islam. I would like to hear from bothsunni and shia perspective (i.e.from both sunni and shia hadiths) Thanks in advance

Assalamualaikum, recently, i have learned that backbiting is a major sin. I have doubts on it & some more issues added based on islam.Here they are: Doubt 1. If i backbit someone accidentally or intentionally, do i have to reach out to them even if it's awkward because they don't know me and they are out of my reach? Let me give you an example. My friend had talked about a neighbour living next to us- we both know him. She talked some things about him- though i wasnt sure she would talk bad things or so. Also, I had listened to her words so i bear the same sin as her but its unintentional and accident. What do i do? Also, even if jt is backbiting, Its awkward to seek forgiveness because he doesnt know us since we are strangers. He might get shocked and mom warned us not to talk or visit any strangers house, so it's not possible to ask forgiveness however. Am i forgiven if i just ask forgiveness from Allah?

Are you a hypocrite if you don't pray and if you backbite?

Asalam alaikum! Hope everyone is well today inshallah. So I live at a group home and I'm surround by gossip and backbiting all day am I supposed to correct other non Muslims about what there doing ???

I was angry at my family for some personal stuff going on and I talked bad about them with someone else. They don’t know but I said some horrible stuff like how they can die and go to hell. I apologized to them for being rude that day but I still feel bad for the other things I said behind their back. How can I repent for this

I was talking about my ex aunty to my friends I didn’t mention her name I just said ex aunty and now I regret talking about her and I don’t have any way to get back to her and ask for forgiveness but if I have a way I feel like if I ask for forgiveness she’ll be angrier what should I do?

Asalamualaikum, I am having really bad doubts if what i have done is backbiting or not. Recently, I have been thinking repeatedly if anything I am doing is backbiting. I got a tissue and was blowing my nose, some of the mucus went onto my finger. I then thought to lick my finger but I also thought that I would be backbiting on somebody while doing so. I then licked my finger anyway (I am pretty sure my intention was to backbite). After that, the person I was thinking if I was backbiting on them came. Please inform me if this would still be backbiting and I would have to apologise to them.

if backbiting is telling stuff behind the back that you cant speak on their face , what if you can speak whatever you want on their face because you are brave and bold. so does the sin of backbiting really apply on you ?

If i commit a major sin accidently do i have to repent? For example if i show my awrah when taking off my shirt am i sinful or what if i did a major sin that i did not know was a sin? If i backbite someone out of forgetfulness do i have to repent? What if someone i backbited said that it is okay if i backbite him out of forgetfulness do i still have to then repent? And is it haram to not lower my gaze if i donr look out of lust and desire? Thanks

I said about someone that I thought someone was related to him but I said a bad name linked towards him that some people used not understanding (at that point) it was bad . It’s a name in another language. But straight afterwards I realised I was saying something bad . Is this counted as backbiting ?

I met an celebrity lately, and found that he is a bad person, adulterer. Then someone asked me about him today, and I told him the truth. And also made aware some other girls about his bad intentions. A girl became aware about him after hearing it. But it made me thoughtful, whether should I told on his back about his bad characteristic, when it may help other. Or I shouldn't? What does Islam says regarding this. If it is not accepted in Islam then I'll repent to Allah, and try my best to stop this. So, should we talk about someone on his/her back to warn other if we are sure about his/her evil deeds?

I'm faced with a situation where I have to either lie or backbite. Which one is the lesser sin? This might help you in answering the question.

I know that in principle, backbiting is prohibited but I want to know of differences of opinion about what exactly is considered backbiting.

Is it okay to backbite someone with one's self? For example, if I become very angry with someone, then I go to my room and talk to myself things like "Why is he so stupid?". Backbiting normally happens when you slander someone in their absence **with others**. In this case, I don't slander the person in question with others but only with myself.

I want to repent from backbiting. Because now I regret for what I've done and I fear the punishments in the afterlife. I was teenager when I committed the sins. Now, I'm trying to apologize everyone whom I've wrong but some of them I can't contact them or I didn't remember that have I wronged them or not. I feel very bad :( What should I do and What can I do?

I sometimes get these thought in my head and I may start to try to think about something else will I be held accountable for this as long as i do not say it out loud

Verse 49:12 states this about backbiting: > Would one of you like to eat the flesh of **his** brother when dead? Since it does not state his or her, does this mean the amount of sin a women receives for backbiting is less than what a man receives? In many places in the Quran when it talks about punishment and what is permissible, it refers to both women and men. For example, this is verse 24:2: > As for **female and male** fornicators, give each of them one hundred lashes... Verse 48:6 is another example that refers to both men and women: > And [that] He may punish the hypocrite **men** and hypocrite **women**, and the polytheist **men** and polytheist **women**... There are also versus that specifically refer to women, such as 24:4: > Those who accuse chaste women ˹of adultery˺ and fail to produce four witnesses, give them eighty lashes each... Since the Quran refers to men and/or women in other places, is the Quran only referring to men in regards to how much is sin is meted for backbiting?

I read a Hadith where apparently the prophet said ‘cause me to live amongst the poor and cause me to die poor’, is this correct? Firstly who do we consider fitting into the category of poor is it beggars like you find in third world countries? I’m in the U.K. and there’s council Estates here where people are on welfare benefits but the government gives them enough to have their necessities. They are uneducated and without luxuries. Their young stay out in the streets involved in gangs while the adults spend all their time gossiping and backbiting others in the community - even people they don’t know. Are such people considers poor and in what way does Allah love them? If I was poor I wouldn’t spend my time gossiping about others because I have no life. However it seems poor communities love to do this as they are idle and struggling. Should we really be praying to live and die amongst people like this??!! On the other hand is Allah talking about the extremely poor who I don’t know hope they live. What’s special about the poor people that The prophet prayed to be like and Among them. If it’s they have more remembrance of Allah, then why do they spend all day long just inventing and gossiping, and even causing conflicts about other people in the community? Wasalam