مسند أحمد
Musnad Ahmad Hadith 8985
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- 1867
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Original Arabic
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهُ: مَا الْغِيبَةُ؟ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ "، قَالَ: أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِي مَا أَقُولُ؟ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ، قَالَ: " إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِيكَ مَا تَقُولُ، فَقَدِ اغْتَبْتَهُ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ، فَقَدْ بَهَتَّهُ " (٢)، ،
Translation
English translation
It is narrated from Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the companions (may Allah be pleased with them) asked the Holy Prophet (ﷺ), "O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), what is backbiting?" The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Backbiting is that you mention about your brother something which he dislikes." Someone asked, "Tell us, if that fault is actually present in my brother which I mention in his absence, then what is the ruling?" The Holy Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If the fault you mention is present in him, then you have backbitten him, and if the fault you mention is not present in him, then you have slandered him."
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This is Hadith 8985 in Musnad Ahmad. It appears in Book 30, Musnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), as in-book entry 1867.
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مسند احمد / مسند المكثرين من الصحابة / 8985
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