205 - Ahmad ibn Manīʿ narrated to us: ʿAlī ibn ʿĀsim narrated to us, from al-Muthannā ibn ⦗135⦘ al-Sabbāh, from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather, who said: A man was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and they said, “How incapable he is!” The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “You have backbitten your brother.” We said, “O Messenger of Allah, what we said about him is true.” He replied, “If what you said about him is true, you have backbitten him; and if it is not true, you have slandered him.”