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What is the ruling on someone who accuses a person of being "undutiful toward the right of Allah" or a "liar" without verifying that the accusation is true, and what is the evidence for this from the Qur'an and Sunnah?

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Harmful behavior towards Muslims and insulting them without justification are among the greatest prohibitions. Allah has warned those who cause harm, saying: "And those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly borne slander and manifest sin" (Quran 33:58), and His saying: "Woe to every slanderer and backbiter" (Quran 104:1). The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade such acts, saying: "All of a Muslim is inviolable for another Muslim: his honor, his wealth, and his blood," and "Insulting a Muslim is wickedness, and fighting him is disbelief," and "Whoever calls a man a disbeliever or says 'enemy of Allah,' and he is not so, then it will recoil on him." Therefore, insulting a believer and speaking about his honor unjustly is forbidden by the consensus of the Ummah, and its perpetrator is a transgressor, unless he repents and reforms. The sin becomes even greater when the insult is a lie.

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