Q: as-salamu alaykum, I was recently told that backbiting a non-Muslim wasn’t a sin. For some reason this didn’t really settle well with me. So I was wondering does the Hanbali school have an opinion on this topic? I don’t really need an extensive answer a simple one will do. JazakAllahu Khayr! A: wa alaykum salaam. The books of Hanbali fiqh typically do not discuss such issues however numerous Hanbali scholars of the school have authored works on etiquette such as al-Adab al