Does accusing two women of lesbianism count as the ruling for slandering chaste, believing women?
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Accusing a chaste, believing woman of lesbianism is a slander and a manifest sin. However, it is not like accusing her of fornication in terms of incurring the hadd punishment for slander, because legally, slander is defined as accusing someone of fornication.
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