Under What Circumstances Is Backbiting Permitted in Islam? – Shaykh Irshaad Sedick

Answered by Shaykh Irshaad Sedick

Under What Circumstances Is Backbiting Permitted in Islam?

Backbiting is generally prohibited but allowed in specific cases. Shaykh Irshaad Sedick explains the conditions that make it permissible.

Shaykh Irshaad Sedick was raised in South Africa in a traditional Muslim family. He graduated from Dar al-Ulum al-Arabiyyah al-Islamiyyah in Strand, Western Cape, under the guidance of the late world-renowned scholar Shaykh Taha Karaan (Allah have mercy on him), where he taught.

Shaykh Irshaad has fifteen years of teaching experience at some of the leading Islamic institutes in Cape Town). He is currently building an Islamic podcast, education, and media platform called ‘Isnad Academy’ and has completed his Master’s degree in the study of Islam at the University of Johannesburg. He has a keen interest in healthy Prophetic living and fitness.