Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 30906 — A man who says to another: You wicked

Abd al-Rahman bin Ishaq reports: I was present with Salim and al-Qasim when the governor of Madinah asked the two of them about a man who had said to another man: "O sinner," and what the ruling on it was. The two of them recited this verse: "If a sinner brings you news, investigate it thoroughly." [Al-Hujurat: 6] The two of them said: "'Sinner' means a liar. That person is to be given lashes, fewer than the prescribed punishment (hadd)."