QUESTION: My grandmother has been troubling my mother since her marriage. If my mother shares her talks with me to lighten her grief, does this come under gheebat/backbiting? | Sheikh Assim Al Hakeem
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QUESTION: My grandmother has been troubling my mother since her marriage. If my mother shares her talks with me to lighten her grief, does this come under gheebat/backbiting?

QUESTION: My grandmother has been troubling my mother since her marriage. If my mother shares her talks with me to lighten her grief, does this come under gheebat/backbiting?

22 Jul

ANSWER:

This is venting and considered to be backbiting unless she sincerely does it to seek advice.

QUESTION: My grandmother has been troubling my mother since her marriage. If my mother shares her talks with me to lighten her grief, does this come under gheebat/backbiting?

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