Hadith #99
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرّ
َحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْمُسْتَبَّانِ مَا قَالَا فَعَلَى الْبَادِئِ مَا لَمْ يَعْتَدِ الْمَظْلُومُ
Isnad Chain
إسماعيل
روح بن القاسم
العلاء بن عبد الر
English Translation
Isma'il narrated to us, Rawh ibn al-Qasim narrated to us, from al-'Ala' ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Ya'qub, from his father, from Abu Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه), who said: the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Do you know what backbiting (ghibah) is?' They said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'It is mentioning your brother in a way he dislikes.' It was said: 'What if what I say about my brother is true?' He said: 'If what you say about him is true, then you have backbitten him, and if it is not true, then you have slandered him.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 22, Hadith 99
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 9937
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-46327