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Sa'id ibn Malik reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Reviling a Muslim is deviant behaviour."  

الأدب المفرد:٤٢٩ – حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ أَبِي زَائِدَةَ عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ  

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Abusive behavior is evil and murder is disbelief

bukhari:48 – Muḥammad b. ʿArʿarah > Shuʿbah > Zubayd > Saʾalt Abū Wāʾil > al-Murjiʾah > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Abusing a Muslim is fusūq (evil doings) and killing him is kufr (disbelief)."  

البخاري:٤٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ زُبَيْدٍ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا وَائِلٍ عَنِ الْمُرْجِئَةِ فَقَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: «سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ۔»  

bukhari:7076 – ʿUmar b. Ḥafṣ from my father > al-Aʿmash > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet, said, "Abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (evil doing) and killing him is Kufr (disbelief).  

البخاري:٧٠٧٦ – حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ حَدَّثَنَا شَقِيقٌ قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ  

ibnmajah:3940 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Asadī > Abū Hilāl > Ibn Sīrīn > Abū Hurayrah

“Verbally abusing a Muslim is Fusuq (disobedience) and fighting him is Kufr (ungratefulness to Allah).”  

ابن ماجة:٣٩٤٠ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الأَسَدِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلاَلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فُسُوقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ كُفْرٌ