Has a hadith with this wording been reported: "Any man who spreads a word about a Muslim, of which he is innocent, to blemish him with it, it is incumbent upon Allah to punish him with it on the Day of Resurrection in the Fire, until he brings forth the fulfillment of what he said"?
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This was narrated as Marfu’ (attributed to the Prophet) and Mawquf (attributed to a Companion) to Abu al-Darda’, but it was only seen as Mawquf to him. Al-Mundhiri cited it in "Al-Targhib wa al-Tarhib" and attributed it to Al-Tabarani. Al-Albani graded it as weak due to the convergence of three defects in it.
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