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74 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; Ahmad ibn Maniʿ narrated to us; Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us; Hisham al-Dastuwaʾi, from Hammad, from Ibrahim, who said: Ibn Masʿud, may Allah be pleased with him, used to say, “Backbiting is to mention about your brother what you know is truly in him, whereas if you say what is not in him, that is slander.”
٧٤ - حَدَّثَنِا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، ثَنَا ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، ثَنَا هِشَامٌ الدَّسْتُوَائِيُّ، عَنْ حَمَّادٍ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ: كَانَ ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، ﵁، يَقُولُ: «الْغِيبَةُ أَنْ تَذْكُرَ مِنْ أَخِيكَ مَا تَعْلَمُ فِيهِ فَإِذَا قُلْتَ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ فَذَلِكَ الْبُهْتَانُ»