مسند الشهاب
Musnad Shihab
Hadiths 1401 to 1499
كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يَقُولَ فِي أَخِيهِ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ
It is enough of a sin for a man to say about his brother what is in him
Hadith 1414
1414 - أنا لَبِيبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، بِثَغْرِ طَرَابُلْسِ الشَّامِ، أَخْبَرَنِي مَوْلَايَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ حَيْدَرَةَ، بِثَغْرِ طَرَابُلْسَ، نا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْأَبَحِّ الْكِنْدِيُّ، نا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ دُوَيْدٍ، نا حُمَيْدُ بْنُ بَتْرَوَيْهِ الطَّوِيلُ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: «كَفَى بِالْمَرْءِ إِثْمًا أَنْ يَقُولَ فِي أَخِيهِ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ، فَمَنْ قَالَ فِي أَخِيهِ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ فَقَدِ اغْتَابَهُ، وَمَنْ قَالَ فِيهِ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ فَقَدْ أَكَلَ لَحْمَهُ»
Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) says that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) say: "It is enough for a man to be sinful that he says about his brother that which is found in him. So whoever says about his brother that which was found in him, then undoubtedly he has backbitten him, and whoever says about him that which was not in him, then undoubtedly he has eaten his (brother's) flesh."
