Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 6314
✧ Reports sternly warning against attacking a Muslim brother’s honor through insults or otherwise
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهُ، أَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ التَّاجِرُ، نا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّائِغُ، نا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سُفْيَانَ،
يَقُولُ: " الْغِيبَةُ أَشَدُّ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنَ الزِّنَا وَشُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ؛ لِأَنَّ الزِّنَا وَشُرْبَ الْخَمْرِ ذَنْبٌ فِيمَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَإِذَا تُبْتَ عَنْهُ تَابَ اللهُ عَلَيْكَ، وَالْغِيبَةُ لَا يُغْفَرُ لَكَ حَتَّى يَغْفِرَ لَكَ صَاحِبُكَ " وَهَذَا الَّذِي قَالَ سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَدْ رُوِيَ بِإِسْنَادٍ ضَعِيفٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: وَبِإِسْنَادٍ آخَرَ مُرْسَلٍ
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machine translationAbū Ṭāhir the jurist informed us, (he said) Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ the merchant informed us, (he said) Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Ṣāʾigh narrated to us, (he said) Isḥāq b. Ismāʿīl narrated to us, he said: I heard Sufyān,
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He used to say: "Backbiting (ghībah) is more severe in the sight of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, than fornication and drinking wine; for fornication and drinking wine are sins between you and Allah, Mighty and Majestic, so if you repent from it, Allah turns to you in forgiveness. But backbiting is not forgiven for you until your companion forgives you." And this which Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah said has been narrated with a weak chain, from the Prophet ﷺ, and with another chain, mursal.
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