The authenticity of the hadith: Whoever declares a Muslim to be a disbeliever has himself become a disbeliever

Question:
We are with you, dear brothers and sisters, through the program *Fatawa*. We ask Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) to benefit us all with what we hear. May Allah reward you, Your Excellency the Shaykh Salih. This person asks, and Muhammad Salih from Jeddah says: What is the authenticity of the hadith: If a person says to someone, "O disbeliever," or calls a man a disbeliever and he was not, it returns to the one who said it.

Answer:
Yes. "O hypocrite." If the one it was said about deserves it, that is one thing; otherwise, it returns to the one who said it, and may Allah protect us from that. So do not let this word go to waste, for it has an impact and consequences. Either the one it was said about is deserving of it, or it returns to the one who said it with sin and bad consequences. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,