Shaykh Yasir Qadhi delves into the technicalities of permissibility of backbiting. Imam An Nawawi mentions some exceptions when backbiting is allowed: When somebody has done Zulm on you. When we need to warn the community against a general Maslaha. If somebody comes to you for a personal advice for a greater good.  

Ask Shaykh YQ - Episode 02 - When is Backbiting Allowed

Yasir Qadhi was born in Houston, Texas and completed his primary and secondary education in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah.

After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences.

Thereafter, he completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah, after which he returned to America and completed his doctorate, in Religious Studies, from Yale University. Currently he is teaching at Rhodes College, in Memphis, TN.

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Ask Shaykh YQ - Episode 02 - When is Backbiting Allowed

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