107 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Ibrāhīm ibn Rāshid Abū Isḥāq narrated to me; Fahd ibn ʿAwf narrated to us; from Ḥammād ibn Salamah; from a shaykh among the people of Basra; from al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Anas; from Anas ibn Mālik—may Allah be pleased with him—that the Prophet ﷺ said: “If a Muslim’s brother is backbitten in someone’s presence ⦗33⦘ and he does not defend him while he is able, Allah will call him to account in this world and the Hereafter.”