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DAILY POST #108
Imaam Ibn Hajar Al-‘Asqalaani – rahimahullaah – said:
It is reported from Anas radiyallaahu anhu- who said – The Messenger of Allah -salallaahu alayhi wasallam said:
“The atonement of backbiting a man is to ask Allah to forgive him.”
Related by Al-Haarith Ibn Abu Usamah with a weak chain of narrators. And it is transmitted and recorded by Imaam Al-I’raaqi in “Al-Mughni” #3017.
COMMENTARY
The hadith shows the importance of the following:
♦ It shows that the atonement of backbiting is to ask Allah to forgive the person.
♦ It indicates that backbiting can be cleanse through seeking forgiveness for the person.
♦ It illustrates that one can attain Allah’s Mercy through always seeking forgiveness.
Allaahu A’alam!
Baarakallaahu feekum!
