سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) عَنِ الْغِيبَةِ قَالَ هُوَ أَنْ تَقُولَ لِأَخِيكَ فِي دِينِهِ مَا لَمْ يَفْعَلْ وَ تَبُثَّ عَلَيْهِ أَمْراً قَدْ سَتَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ لَمْ يُقَمْ عَلَيْهِ فِيهِ حَدٌّ .
Translation
Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Al Hassan Bin Ali Al Washha, from Dawood Bin Sirham who said, ‘I asked Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> about the backbiting. He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It is your saying to your brother regarding his Religion what he did not do, and affirming a matter upon him which Allah<sup>azwj</sup> had Veiled upon him and a Legal Punishment (<span class="iTxt">Hadd</span>) has not been established upon him with regards to it’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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