68 – Ahmad ibn Maniʿ narrated to us; ʿAli ibn ʿAsim narrated; from al-Muthannā ibn al-Ṣabbāḥ; from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb; from his father; from his grandfather; from Muʿādh ibn Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:

“A man was mentioned in the Prophet’s presence ﷺ, and they exclaimed, ‘How incapable he is!’ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘You have backbitten your brother.’ We said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, we only stated what is in him.’ He replied, ‘If you have said something that is not in him, then you have slandered him.’”