hadith
428
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Ameer al-Momineen (a.s) said: “Gossiping is exposing the fault of your believing brother which God has hidden. Accusing is associating a false thing with him.”
وقال الصادق (عليه السلام): من الغيبة أن تقول في أخيك ما ستره الله عليه، ومن البهتان أن تقول في أخيك ما ليس فيه.
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Backbiting/Slander
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