" O Messenger of Allah! 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 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."
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1934 In-book : Book 27, Hadith 40 English translation : Vol. 4, Book 1, Hadith 1934
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