Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen refused to answer any question that spoke ill of another person by name.
Tag: backbite
The Shaykh didn't want to seek revenge
Even after learning a man had slandered him, Shaykh Ibn Baaz stopped his assistant taking notes, unwilling to appear to seek revenge.
“The is so-and-so who said such-and-such about you”
Rather than let his students speak ill of a guest who had criticised him, Shaykh Ibn Baaz silenced them and honoured him regardless.