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233 — Muhammad narrated to me: Zayd ibn al-Hubāb narrated to us, from Hammād ibn Salama, from Humayd al-Tawīl, may Allah have mercy on him, who said: Backbiting was mentioned in the presence of Sa‘īd ibn Jubayr, may Allah have mercy on him, and he said, “Whatever you say to a person’s face and then say behind his back is not backbiting.”
٢٣٣ - حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدٍ الطَّوِيلِ ﵁ قَالَ: ذَكَرُوا الْغِيبَةَ عِنْدَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ﵁ فَقَالَ: «مَا اسْتَقْبَلْتَهُ بِهِ ثُمَّ قُلْتَهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِ فَلَيْسَ بِغِيبَةٍ»