١٦٤. عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللّٰهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللّٰهِ صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:
«أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيبَةُ؟» قَالُوا:
«اَللّٰهُ 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».
164. It is narrated from Abu Huraira (r.a.) that one day the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) asked:
“Do you know what is backbiting?”
The Noble Companions answered:
“Allah and His Messenger know better.”
Prophet (pbuh) said:
“Backbiting is your mention of your brother in a manner which he does not like.”
One of them asked:
“What is your opinion about that the situation that I actually find (that failing) in my brother which I made a mention of?
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said:
“If (that failing) is actually found (in him) what you assert, you in fact backbit him, and if that is not in him, it is a slander.” (Muslim, Birr, 70; Abu Dawud, Adab, 40/4874)