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bayhaqi:21158Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > ʿAbdullāh b. Saʿd > Ibrāhīm b. Abū Ṭālib > Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Muḥammad b. Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd > In Muḥammad ﷺ

[Machine] Shall I not inform you what backbiting is? It is the conveying of malicious talk among people. And indeed, Muhammad ﷺ said, "A man may speak the truth and it is recorded with Allah as a truthful statement, and a man may lie and it is recorded with Allah as a lie."  

البيهقي:٢١١٥٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ أَخْبَرَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ سَعْدٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالَا ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْأَحْوَصِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ؓ قَالَ إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَالَ

أَلَا أُنَبِّئُكُمْ مَا الْعِضَةُ؟ هِيَ النَّمِيمَةُ الْقَالَةُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ صِدِّيقًا وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ كَذَّابًا  

رَوَاهُ مُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُثَنًّى وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشَّارٍ

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muslim:2606Muḥammad b. al-Muthanná And Ibn Bashhār > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd > In Muḥammad ﷺ

Should I inform you that slandering, that is in fact a tale-carrying which creates dissension amongst people, (and) he (further) said: The person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and lie tells a lie until lie is recorded as a liar.  

مسلم:٢٦٠٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَابْنُ بَشَّارٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا إِسْحَاقَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَالَ أَلاَ أُنَبِّئُكُمْ مَا الْعَضْهُ هِيَ النَّمِيمَةُ الْقَالَةُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ صِدِّيقًا وَيَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ كَذَّابًا