أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَی بْنُ حَکِيمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سِبَابُ الْمُسْلِمِ فِسْقٌ وَقِتَالُهُ کُفْرٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبَانُ يَا أَبَا إِسْحَقَ أَمَا سَمِعْتَهُ إِلَّا مِنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ قَالَ بَلْ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ الْأَسْوَدِ وَهُبَيْرَةَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4121
It was narrated from Shu’bah, from Abu Ishaq who said: “I heard Abu Al-Ahwas (narrate) that ‘Abdullah said: ‘Defaming a Muslim is evildoing and fighting him is Kufr.” So Aban said to him:“O Abu Ishaq! You heard it only from Abu AI-Ahwas? He said: Rather. I heard it from Al-Aswad and Hubairah.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020