Shaykh Abdul-Azeez Bin Baaz's Beneficial Answer to a Unique Question Regarding Backbiting:
The Questioner asked: I talk to myself a lot, it is like this for me, and I cannot leave it off. Would it be Gheebah (backbiting) if I mentioned someone with what he dislikes and I am by myself? I do not mention it to anyone, rather it is to myself.
أنا كثيراً ما أتحدث لوحدي، طبيعة كذا، لم أستطع تركها فهل تعتبر غيبة إذا ذكرت إنسان بما يكره وأنا لوحدي، لم أذكره مع أحد من الناس، وإنما بيني وبين نفسي؟
Shaykh Ibn Baaz (rahimahullaah) answered:
The Prophet (Salallahu 'Alaihi wa sallam) said: "Backbiting is saying about your brother that which he dislikes." Therefore what is apparant from the speech of the Prophet (Salallahu 'Alaihi wa sallam) is what is general and that whenever you mention about your brother that which he dislikes whether you are alone or with the people then this is all backbiting. Therefore the advice is to beware of this, and to get accustomed to silence when you are alone except when remembering Allah 'azza wa jall. Don't mention the people. Remember your Lord, keep busy with something from the rememberence of Allah. Subhan Allah, Al-Hamdu lillah, La ilaha ill Allah, Wallahu Akbar. Rabb ighfirli. Leave the people alone, you have enough to do (for yourself) from remembering Allah - Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala - asking his forgiveness and making suplications.
النبي -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قال: (الغيبة ذكرك أخاك بما يكره). فظاهر كلام النبي- صلى الله عليه ويسلم- العموم، وأنك متى ذكرت أخاك بما يكره سواء كنت وحدك أو عند الناس فهذا كله غيبة. فالوصية أن تحذر ذلك، وأن تعتاد السكوت إذا كنت وحدك إلا في ذكر الله عز وجل-، لا دخل لك في الناس، اذكر ربك، اشتغل بشيء من ذكر الله: سبحان الله والحمد لله ولا إله إلا الله، والله أكبر. اللهم اغفر لي. دع عنك الناس، عندك من الشغل ما يكفي، من ذكر الله واستغفاره، ودعائه سبحانه وتعالى -
Source: http://www.binbaz.org.sa/mat/9418
Translated by: Musa Millington
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As-Salaamu 3alaikum waRa7matullaahi waBarakaatuhu, baarak Allaahu feek.
Thanks for upolading.
preciousturquoise 2 years ago 4
walaiykum asalaam wa rahmatullaahi wa barakatuh, wa feekum Baraka'Allaah
ahlulsunnahwaljammah 2 years ago
jazakAllaahu khayr, may Allaah give the Shaikh Jannatul Firdaws
whadyagot 2 years ago 4
ameen
ahlulsunnahwaljammah 2 years ago
SubhanAllah ... Allah has blessed the scholars of this Ummah with great insight ... when i first read the question ... i was stuck to how this is going to be answered and the shaykh may Allah have mercy on him ... answered it better than i could have imagined..
LEARNorTEACH 2 years ago 7
na'am, the scholars are the inheritors of the Prophets.
ahlulsunnahwaljammah 2 years ago