Mention him with whatever is in him, the people can be careful of him.
Mention him with whatever is in him, the people can be careful of him.’ [14] الكافي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ رَجُلٍ لَا نَعْلَمُهُ إِلَّا يَحْيَى الْأَزْرَقَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ع مَنْ ذَكَرَ رَجُلًا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ بِمَا هُوَ فِيهِ مِمَّا عَرَفَهُ النَّاسُ لَمْ يَغْتَبْهُ وَ مَنْ ذَكَرَهُ مِنْ خَلْفِهِ بِمَا هُوَ فِيهِ مِمَّا لَا يَعْرِفُهُ النَّاسُ اغْتَابَهُ وَ مَنْ ذَكَرَهُ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِيهِ فَقَدْ بَهَتَهُ (The book) ‘Al Kafi’ – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al Abbas Bin Aamir, from Aban, from a man we don’t know except as Yahya Al-Azraq who said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan -asws said: ‘ One who mentions a man from behind him with what is in him, from what the people do know, he is not backbiting him , and one who mentions it from behind him with what is in him from what the people don’t know, he is backbiting him , and the one who mentions him with isn’t in him, so he has slandered him.’’ [15] الأمالي للصدوق فِي مَنَاهِي النَّبِيِّ ص أَنَّهُ نَهَى عَنِ الْغِيبَةِ وَ الِاسْتِمَاعِ إِلَيْهَا وَ قَالَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ مَنِ اغْتَابَ امْرَأً مُسْلِماً بَطَلَ صَوْمُهُ وَ نُقِضَ وُضُوؤُهُ وَ جَاءَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تَفُوحُ مِنْهُ رَائِحَةٌ أَنْتَنُ مِنَ الْجِيفَةِ يَتَأَذَّى بِهِ أَهْلُ الْمَوْقِفِ فَإِنْ مَاتَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتُوبَ مَاتَ مُسْتَحِلًّا لِمَا حَرَّمَ اللَّهُ (The book) ‘Al-Amaali’ of Al-Sadouq – ‘Among prohibitions by the Prophet -saww , he -saww prohibited from the backbiting and listening intently to it (snooping) , and he -saww , may the Salawaat of Allah -azwj be upon him -saww and his -saww Progeny -asws , said: ‘One who backbites a Muslim person, his fasts are nullified, and his Wud’u is broken, and he will come on the Day of Qiyamah such that a smell will be effusing from him being smellier than the carcass, the people at the pausing will be harmed by it.
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