Based on the mentioned second verse and some reliable
hadiths Islamic
jurists including
Al-Nawawi in his book
Gardens of the Righteous have declared backbiting in 6 cases to be valid - • and seeking justice against a tyrant ruler or oppressor • seeking a solution to a problem from a judicial person or someone reliable, • exposing religious errors while propagating Islam, • about a person engaged in openly persistent deadly sins or
Bid'ah which harm people, • warning someone of danger and harm in case of marriage, business and contract, and • defining one's characteristic with the popular negative traits without which he can not be recognised easily. Also, in the case of people who repeatedly commit crimes openly and show no remorse, and there is no possibility of repentance, if backbiting them openly can warn them and save others from their harm, then backbiting them is permissible. ==See also==