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Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: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

حدثنا يحيى بن ايوب، وقتيبة، وابن، حجر قالوا حدثنا اسماعيل، عن العلاء، عن ابيه، عن ابي هريرة، ان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال " اتدرون ما الغيبة " . قالوا الله ورسوله اعلم . قال " ذكرك اخاك بما يكره " . قيل افرايت ان كان في اخي ما اقول قال " ان كان فيه ما تقول فقد اغتبته وان لم يكن فيه فقد بهته