Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi's response to Is it true that if a person does Gheebat (backbiting) about another person, then the backbiter gets the bad deeds of the victim and the backbiter's good deeds also get credited to the victim? If so, what is the evidence to back this up?

Is it true that if a person does Gheebat (backbiting) about another person, then the backbiter gets the bad deeds of the victim and the backbiter's good deeds also get credited to the victim? If so, what is the evidence to back this up?

Is it true that if a person does Gheebat (backbiting) about another person, then the backbiter gets the bad deeds of the victim and the backbiter's good deeds also get credited to the victim? If so, what is the evidence to back this up?

Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answer updated 10 months ago

There are many narrations both in Shia and Sunni books stating that the person who back bites a Momin will lose part of his good deeds to the victim, and in case that his good deeds are less, part of the bad deeds of the victim will be transferred to him.

Wassalam.