{"_id":"6772d0c5a74236304b123800","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it obligatory to seek forgiveness from someone who one has backbited against?\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Is it obligatory to seek forgiveness from someone who one has backbited against?\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"What I have seen from scholars like Imam al-Nawawi, Imam al-Ghazali, and others is that seeking forgiveness from the person you have wronged is required as part of repentance (tawbah).\\n\\nAbu Huraira (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:\\n\\\"\"},{\"attributes\":{\"italic\":true},\"insert\":\"Whoever has oppressed another person concerning his reputation or anything else, he should beg him to forgive him before the Day of Resurrection when there will be no money (to compensate for wrong deeds). If he has good deeds, those good deeds will be taken from him according to the extent of his oppression, and if he has no good deeds, the sins of the oppressed person will be loaded onto him.\"},{\"insert\":\"\\\"\\n[\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://sunnah.com/bukhari:2449\"},\"insert\":\"Bukhari 2449\"},{\"insert\":\"]\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9ff70b76658b4c232a7b","tag":"Worship: Sins","count":100},{"_id":"668d9ff20b76658b4c2329f4","tag":"Worship: Repentance","count":63}],"createdOn":"2024-12-30T16:56:37.488Z"}