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ahmad:15239Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] "He heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ forbidding backbiting, and he said, 'Do you not see if the fruit is spoiled, would anyone of you like to eat his brother's wealth unjustly?'"  

أحمد:١٥٢٣٩حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَنْهَى عَنِ الْخَرْصِ وَقَالَ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ هَلَكَ الثَّمْرُ أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ مَالَ أَخِيهِ بِالْبَاطِلِ؟