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مسند احمد
Musnad Ahmad
مسند المكثرين من الصحابة
Musnad of the Prolific Narrators Among the Companions
مسنَد اَبِی هرَیرَةَ رَضِیَ اللَّه عَنه
Musnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him)
Musnad Ahmad 7146 — Musnad of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with)
(حديث مرفوع) حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ الْعَلَاءَ يُحَدِّثُ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ : " هَلْ تَدْرُونَ مَا الْغِيَابَةُ ؟ " قَالُوا : اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ ، قَالَ : " ذِكْرُكَ أَخَاكَ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ " ، قَالَ : أَرَأَيْتَ إِنْ كَانَ فِي أَخِي مَا أَقُولُ لَهُ ؟ يَعْنِي ، قَالَ " إِنْ كَانَ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ ، فَقَدْ اغْتَبْتَهُ ، وَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِيهِ مَا تَقُولُ ، فَقَدْ بَهَتَّهُ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked the companions (may Allah be pleased with them): "Do you know what backbiting is?" The companions (may Allah be pleased with them) replied, "Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) know best." The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Backbiting is that you mention about your brother something regarding a fault which is not in him." Someone asked, "Please tell us, if that fault is actually present in my brother which I mention in his absence, then what is the ruling?" The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "If the fault you mention is present in him, then you have backbitten him, and if the fault you mention is not present in him, then you have slandered him."
