97 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; he said: Muhammad narrated to me; Yaḥyā b. Abī Bukayr narrated to us, from Sharik, from ⦗30⦘ ʿAqīl, from al-Ḥasan—may Allah have mercy on him—who said:

“Three types of people are not protected by the prohibition of backbiting: the follower of heretical innovation, the flagrant sinner who openly proclaims his sin, and the tyrannical ruler.”