Sayings · Backbiting as the weapon of the powerless

al-Sharif al-Radi (d. 406 AH) · Thaqalayn library edition, reproduced verbatim

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٤٦١. وَقَالَ (عليه ‏السلام): الْغِيبَةُ جُهْدُ الْعَاجزِ.

461. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: Backbiting is the tool of the helpless.

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