General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4878
لَمَّا عُرِجَ بِي مَرَرْتُ بِقَوْمٍ لَهُمْ أَظْفَارٌ مِنْ نُحَاسٍ يَخْمِشُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَصُدُورَهُمْ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَؤُلاَءِ يَا جِبْرِيلُ قَالَ هَؤُلاَءِ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ لُحُومَ النَّاسِ وَيَقَعُونَ فِي أَعْرَاضِهِمْ
lammā ʿurija bī marartu biqawmin lahum aẓfārun min nuḥāsin yakhmishūna wujūhahum waṣudūrahum faqultu man haʾulāʾi yā jibrīlu qāla haʾulāʾi adh-dhīna yaʾkulūna luḥūma an-nāsi wayaqaʿūna fī aʿrāḍihim
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Narrated Anas ibn Malik: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When I was taken up to heaven I passed by people who had nails of copper and were scratching their faces and their breasts. I said: Who are these people, Gabriel? He replied: They are those who were given to back biting and who aspersed people's honour. Abu Dawud said: Yahya b. 'Uthman has also transmitted it from Baqiyyah, there is no mention of Anas in it
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 4878
- Sahih
- Isnaad Sahih