Check your understanding

An absent friend’s real fault is mentioned in a way they would dislike. Could it be backbiting?

This world, purification, giving, and responsibility (Hadith 12–17)

• A true statement can never be backbiting
• Yes; truthfulness alone does not prevent an unwelcome remark about an absent person from being backbiting
• Only speaking in someone’s presence is backbiting
• Only written remarks are backbiting