Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 257 of 372
Prohibition of Calumny
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 257 : Ahadith 1536 – 1538
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
هَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ
“A slanderer, going about with calumnies.”
[Al-Qalam 68:11]
مَّا يَلۡفِظُ مِن قَوۡلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيۡهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٞ
“Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).”
[Qāf 50:18]
1536 Hudhaifah (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The person who goes about with calumnies will never enter Jannah.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1537 Ibn `Abbas (radiyallahu anhuma) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by two graves and said, “Both of them (the persons in these graves) are being tortured, and they are not being tortured for a cardinal sin. But indeed they are great sins. One of them used not to save himself from being soiled with his urine, and the other one used to go about with calumnies (among the people to rouse hostilities, e.g., one goes to a person and tells him that so-and-so says about him such and such evil things).”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1538 Ibn Mas`ud (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Shall I tell you what `Al-`Adhu’ (falsehood and slandering) is? It is calumny which is committed among the people.”[Muslim].