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1982. Al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Do not vilify the dead (and) by that harm the living." (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] The companions of Sufyān (a narrator in the chain) differed in the narration of this Hadith. Some of them reported it the same as Al-Ḥafarī did. Some of them reported it from Sufyān, from Ziyād bin 'Ilāqah who said: "I heard a man narrating, in the presence of Al-Mughīrah bin Shu'bah, from the Prophet ﷺ with similar.
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Commentary
Mentioning a dead person, especially a believer, in a manner that hurts his kinsmen could lead to mutual acrimony and dispute. Hence the interdiction on it in Islam (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi, V.3.p.139).