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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad: Hadith 420

24. Defamation

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Defamation

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420
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Hasan (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عَمَّارٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا رُدَيْحُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْلَةَ، عَنْ أُمِّ الدَّرْدَاءِ أَنَّ رَجُلاً أَتَاهَا فَقَالَ‏:‏ إِنَّ رَجُلاً نَالَ مِنْكِ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، فَقَالَتْ‏:‏ إِنْ نُؤْبَنَ بِمَا لَيْسَ فِينَا، فَطَالَمَا زُكِّينَا بِمَا لَيْسَ فِينَا‏.‏
Umm ad-Darda' reported that a man came up to her and said, "A man has said bad things about you in the presence of 'Abdu'l-Malik.' She said, "We are suspected of something which we did not do. How often we have been praised for what we did not do!"
Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 420
In-book : Book 24, Hadith 2
English translation : Book 24, Hadith 420