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Woe (waylun: an expression implying chastisement) to every backbiter, [who is a] slanderer, frequently engaging in backbiting and slander, that is to say, defamation - this was revealed regarding those who slandered the Prophet "sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam" and the believers, the likes of Umayya b. Khalaf, al-Walīd b. al-Mughīra and others -