al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3184

Translation

✧ A man was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and it was said, "How incapable he is!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "You have backbitten your brother." They said, "O Messenger of Allah, we said what is in him." He ﷺ said, "If you said what is not in him, you would 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 8304Musnad Abi Ya'la 6532al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 3189

Narrators

1. 1
   Muʿādh b. Jabal

   well-known, among the notable Companionsd. 17 AH, or: 18 AH
   مُعَاذ بْن جَبَلمشهور ، من أعيان الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAmr b. al-ʿĀṣ

   One of the early Companions (sābiqūn), among those who narrated abundantly, and one of the jurist ʿAbdullāhs (al-ʿabādilah)d. 63 AH, or 65 AH, or 68 AH, or 69 AH; also said 67 AH, also said 73 AH, also said 77 AH
   جَدِّهِأحد السابقين ، المكثرين من الصحابة ، وأحد العبادلة الفقهاء
   عن
3. 3
   his father

   Truthful (ṣadūq); his hearing from his grandfather is established (thābit)d. between 81 and 90 AH
   أَبِيهِصدوق ، ثبت سماعه من جده
   عن
4. 4
   ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. 118 AH
   عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍصدوق
   عن
5. 5
   Al-Muthanná b. al-Ṣabbāḥ

   weak (ḍaʿīf), his memory became confused (ikhtilāṭ) at the end of his lifed. 140 AH, or 147 AH, or 149 AH
   الْمُثَنَّى بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِضعيف ، اختلط بآخره
   عن
6. 6
   ʿAlī b. ʿĀṣim

   truthful (ṣadūq), makes mistakes and persists [in them], and accused of Shīʿism (tashayyuʿ)d. 201 AH
   عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَاصِمٍصدوق ، يخطئ ويصر ، ورمي بالتشيع
   حدثنا
7. 7
   Aḥmad b. Manīʿ

   trustworthy, a memorizer (thiqah ḥāfiẓ)d. 244 AH, or 243 AH
   أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍثقة حافظ

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