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88 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Salih narrated to us; Husayn al-Juʿfi narrated to us, from Haniʾ ibn Ayyub, who said: “I asked Muharib ibn Dithar about backbiting the Rāfiḍah; he replied, ‘If that were backbiting, then they would indeed be a people of truth!’”
٨٨ - حَدَّثَنِا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنٌ الْجُعْفِيُّ، عَنْ هَانِئِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ مُحَارِبَ بْنَ دِثَارٍ عَنْ غِيبَةِ الرَّافِضَةِ قَالَ: «إِنَّهُمْ إِذَنْ لَقَوْمُ صِدْقٍ»