Silsilah as-Sahihah 2825 — Difference Between Backbiting and Slander

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, that the Noble Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever mentions the faults found in a person (behind his back), he has committed backbiting against him, and whoever mentions faults about a person that are not in him, he has slandered him with a false accusation."