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Abu ʿAbd Allah said, “I heard Musa ibn Ismaʿil recount: ‘I heard Abu ʿAsim say, “From the moment I realized that backbiting only harms the one who commits it, I have never spoken ill of anyone.”’”
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: سَمِعْتُ مُوسَى بْنَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَاصِمٍ، يَقُولُ: «مَا اغْتَبْتُ أَحَدًا مُذْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّ الْغِيبَةَ تَضُرُّ بِصَاحِبِهَا»