Abu Hurairah (Radiyallaahu `anhu) reported Allah’s last Messenger (Sallallaahu `alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Do you know what is backbiting?”
They (the Companions) said:
“Allah and His Messenger know best.”
Thereupon he (the Prophet) said:
“Backbiting implies your talking about your brother in a manner which he does not like.”
It was said to him:
“What is your opinion about this that if I actually find (that failing) in my brother which I made a mention of?”
He said:
“If (that failing) is actually found (in him) what you assert, you in fact backbited him, and if that is not in him it is a slander.”
Sahih Muslim (Book 032, Number 6265)
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