Musnad Abi Ya'la 6532

Translation

✧ The Messenger of God ﷺ was asked about backbiting, so he said: "That you say about your brother what he dislikes. If you are truthful, then you have backbitten him, and if you are lying, then you have slandered him."

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Other narrations of this report

Sunan Abi Dawud 4874Sunan ad-Darimi 2756al-Mu'jam al-Kabir (al-Tabarani) 18235Musnad al-Bazzar 8304al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3184al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3189

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   his father

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 101 and 110 AH
   عبد الرحمن بن يعقوب الجهنيثقة
   عن
3. 3
   al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥuraqī

   truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 130-odd, or: 132 AH, or: 139 AH
   العلاء بن عبد الرحمن الحرقيصدوق ربما وهم
   عن
4. 4
   ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Isḥāq

   truthful (ṣadūq), accused of belief in qadard. between 141 AH and 150 AH
   عبد الرحمن بن إسحاق العامريصدوق رمي بالقدر
   عن
5. 5
   Khālid

   trustworthy (thiqah), firm (thabt).d. 179 AH, or 182 AH, also said: 183 AH.
   خالد بن عبد الله الطحانثقة ثبت.
   أخبرنا
6. 6
   Wahb b. Baqiyyah

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. 239 AH
   وهب بن بقية الواسطيثقة
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī

   d. 307 AH
   أبو يعلى الموصلي

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