231 — Yahyā ibn Ja‘far narrated to me: ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juddī informed us: al-Salt ibn Tarīf narrated to us, saying: I asked al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, “If a wicked man openly displays his wickedness, is it backbiting for me to mention the faults he actually has?” He replied, “No, and no honor is due to him.”