Al-Adab
Al-Mufrad
الأدب المفرد
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Supplication
كتاب الدعاء
Chapter 306: Backbiting And Allah’s words "And backbite not one another"
بَابُ الْغِيبَةِ، وَقَوْلُ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {وَلاَ يَغْتَبْ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا}
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 736
It is reported by Qays that Amr bin al-Aas (May Allah be pleased with him) was going somewhere with his friends. They saw a dead mule whose belly had swollen up. Amr (May Allah be pleased with him)said," By Allah, it is better for one to eat to his full from this (dead mule) than to eat the flesh of a Muslim" (He meant to say that to backbite anyone is worse than eating the meat of a dead animal).
حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ قَالَ: كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ يَسِيرُ مَعَ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَمَرَّ عَلَى بَغْلٍ مَيِّتٍ قَدِ انْتَفَخَ، فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ، لَأَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَحَدُكُمْ هَذَا حَتَّى يَمْلَأَ بَطْنَهُ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ مُسْلِمٍ.
