Sayyidina Abu Huraira (RA) reported that someone asked Allah’s Messenger (SAW). ‘“What is backbiting?” He said, “It is your remembrance of your brother in a way that he does not like.” He asked, “What, if that fault I mention is found in him?” He said, “If what you say is found in him then that is backbiting. But, if what you say is not found in him then that is reviling him.”
[Ahmed 3308, Abu Dawud 4874, Muslim 2589]
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