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72 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Ahmad ibn Maniʿ narrated to us; Abu Nasr al-Tammar narrated to us; Hammad ibn Salamah narrated to us, from ʿAbbas al-Jurayri, from Sinan ibn Salamah, who said: I was with my father in the presence of Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him). He was asked about backbiting, so Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied, “Backbiting is to say about a person what is truly in him, whereas slander is to say about him what is not in him.”
٧٢ - حَدَّثَنِا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ التَّمَّارُ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبَّاسٍ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ، عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عِنْدَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، ﵁، فَسُئِلَ عَنِ الْغِيبَةِ، فَقَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ، ﵁: " الْغِيبَةُ: أَنْ تَقُولَ مَا فِيهِ، وَالْبُهْتَانُ: أَنْ تَقُولَ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ "