English translation
1934. Abū Hurairah narrated that it was said: "O Messenger of Allāh! What is backbiting?" He said: "Mentioning your brother with that which he does not like." He said: “What if what I said about him is so?” He ﷺ said: “If what you said about him is so, then you have backbitten him, and if it is not as you said, then you have slandered him.” (Sahih) He said: There are narrations on this topic from Abū Barzah, Ibn ‘Umar, and ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Amr. [Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sahih.
