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Q: Does backbiting mean its shirk and after judgement we cannot go to paradise even after Nabi (sallallahu alaihi wasallam)'s intercession?
If I backbited and do not go to the person because of feeling shy, how can I tell this person? Can we do tauba so that Allah knows that we tried our best not to backbite? Can this be forgiven?.
A: Backbiting is not shirk, but it is a sin. You need to make istighfar and taubah. Further, if the person you spoke ill of knows about it then you must also ask him for forgiveness.
And Allah Ta'ala (الله تعالى) knows best.
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