Is there an authentic hadith stating that whoever backbites excessively will have their prayers unanswered?
Backbiting is forbidden (haram), and there is no specific hadith stating that one who engages in it excessively will have their supplications unanswered. However, sins in general are among the reasons for supplications not being answered.
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