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Sahih Muslim #6431

The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship· كتاب البر والصلة والآدابsahih_muslim:6431

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُ، حُجْرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏ أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيبَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا يَكْرَهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قِيلَ أَفَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِي مَا أَقُولُ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ فَقَدِ اغْتَبْتَهُ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ فَقَدْ بَهَتَّهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Do you know what is backbiting? They (the Companions) said: Allah and His Messenger know best. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in a manner which he does not like. It was said to him: What is your opinion about this that if I actually find (that failing) in my brother which I made a mention of? He said: If (that failing) is actually found (in him) what you assert, you in fact backbited him, and if that is not in him it is a slander.

Chain 1·6 narrators
5
Muhammad ibn Abdullah← Oldest

محمد بن عبد الله

Narratorprophet
Transmitted via “أن”
narrated to
4
Abu Hurayrah

أبي هريرة

Sahabithiqa
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narrated to
3
أبيه

أبيه

Narratorunknown
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
2
al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Abī al-ʿAlāʾ

العلاء

Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “عن”
narrated to
1
Ismāʿīl ibn ʿUmar al-Anṣārī

إسماعيل

Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
narrated to
0
Yahya ibn Ayyub← Compiler

يحيى بن أيوب وقتيبة وابن حجر قالوا

Taba Tabi'inthiqa
Transmitted via “حدثنا”
Legend: Sahabi Tabi'i Taba Tabi'in Later
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