And prayers and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.

The reader: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
All praise is due to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted, in the context of the hadiths in the chapter on the prohibition of backbiting: “From Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

"Do you know what is backbiting?" The Companions said: "Allah and His Messenger know better." Thereupon he said, "Backbiting is talking about your (Muslim) brother in a manner which he dislikes." It was said to him: "What if my (Muslim) brother is as I say." He said, "If he is actually as you say, then that is backbiting; but if that is not in him, that is slandering."

أتدرون ما الغيبة؟ قالوا: الله ورسوله أعلم، قال: ذكرك أخاك بما يكره، قيل أفرأيت إن كان في أخي ما أقول؟ قال: إن كان فيه ما تقول فقد اغتبته وإن لم يكن فيه ما تقول فقد بهته

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Muslim narrated it. And from Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him)

Delivering the sermon during the Farewell Pilgrimage on the day of Sacrifice at Mina, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Verily your blood, your property and your honour are as sacred and inviolable as the sanctity of this day of yours, in this month of yours and in this town of yours. Verily! I have conveyed this message to you."

أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال في خطبته يوم النحر بمنى في حجة الوداع: إن دماءكم وأموالكم وأعراضكم حرام عليكم كحرمة يومكم هذا في شهركم هذا في بلدكم هذا ألا هل بلغت

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It is agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. And from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) who said:

I said to the Prophet (ﷺ): "Such and such thing of Safiyyah (May Allah be pleased with her) is sufficient for you." (She means to say that she was a woman with a short stature). He said, "You have indeed uttered a word which would pollute the sea if it were mixed in it." She further said: I imitated a person before him and he said, "I do not like that I should imitate someone even (if I am paid) in return such and such."

قلت للنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم حسبك من صفية كذا وكذا قال بعض الرواة تعني قصيرة فقال: لقد قلت كلمة لو مزجت بماء البحر لمزجته، قالت وحكيت له إنسانًا فقال: ما أحب أني حكيت إنسانًا وإن لي كذا وكذا

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Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi narrated it, and he said: “It is a good, authentic hadith.” And from Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) who said:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "During the Mi'raj (the Night of Ascension), I saw a group of people who were scratching their chests and faces with their copper nails. I asked, 'Who are these people, O Jibril?' Jibril replied: 'These are the people who ate flesh of others (by backbiting) and trampled people's honour

قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: لما عرج بي مررت بقوم لهم أظفار من نحاس يخمشون وجوههم وصدورهم فقلت من هؤلاء يا جبريل؟ قال: هؤلاء الذين يأكلون لحوم الناس ويقعون في أعراضهم

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Abu Dawud narrated it. And from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The blood, honour and property of a Muslim is inviolable for another Muslim.

كل المسلم على المسلم حرام دمه وعرضه وماله

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Muslim narrated it”.

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
These are the remaining hadiths in the chapter on the prohibition of backbiting and the command to guard the tongue. They include several matters, among them the definition of backbiting as mentioning your brother in a way he dislikes. We have previously explained this, stating that backbiting is mentioning your brother in a way he dislikes, whether regarding his religion, his appearance, his body, his family, or otherwise. However, this is permissible if the intention is advice, such as when a person consults you about dealing with someone, and you know that this person is not fit for business because he is, for example, a deceiver or a liar, and you wish to point out his flaw to him. We explained the evidence for this in the hadith of Fatimah bint Qays, when she consulted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about those who had proposed to her: Mu'awiyah ibn Abi Sufyan, Abu Jahm, and Usamah ibn Zayd. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: This falls under the category of advice, and there is no harm in it. These hadiths also include the announcement by the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) of the prohibition of shedding blood, taking wealth, and violating honor during the Farewell Pilgrimage, in the largest gathering that took place between the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and the Companions, as those who performed Hajj with him were close to one hundred thousand. Nevertheless, he (may peace and blessings be upon him) announced: These hadiths also clarify that mentioning your brother in a way he dislikes, even regarding his physical features such as being tall or short, is prohibited, as in the hadith of A'ishah (may Allah be pleased with her), where she said about Safiyyah bint Huyayy ibn Akhtab, one of the Mothers of the Believers: "Safiyyah is so-and-so" meaning that she was short, saying this to the Messenger (may peace and blessings be upon him). He said: It is a very small word, but it is great in its effect because it was about his wife's rival, and because this word could lead the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to dislike Safiyyah. Due to its gravity, it had this great impact. These hadiths also mention the great punishment that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) saw when he was taken up in the Night Journey. He passed by a people who had copper nails with which they scratched their faces and chests. He said: They eat the flesh of people and violate their honor. Therefore, the obligation upon a person is to be cautious about letting the tongue run free and not to speak except with good, if he believes in Allah and the Last Day. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) said: We ask Allah to protect us and you from His anger, and to help us and you to remember Him, give thanks to Him, and worship Him well.