Fasting and Backbiting

It is reported from Abū Al-‘Āliyah – Allah have mercy on him – that he said:

A fasting person is in a state of worship as long as he does not backbite, even if he is sleeping in bed. Al-Imām Ahmad, Al-Zuhd Vol.4 p313.

Al-Imām Ahmad, Al-Zuhd Vol.4 p313.

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A fasting person is in a state of worship as long as he does not backbite, even if he is sleeping in bed. Al-Imām Ahmad, Al-Zuhd Vol.4 p313.

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