Sunan Abi Dawud 5165
سنن أبي داود#5165Sahihحَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُوسَى الرَّازِيُّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ح، وَحَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا فُضَيْلٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ غَزْوَانَ - عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نُعْمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ، نَبِيُّ التَّوْبَةِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " مَنْ قَذَفَ مَمْلُوكَهُ وَهُوَ بَرِيءٌ مِمَّا قَالَ جُلِدَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حَدًّا " . قَالَ مُؤَمَّلٌ حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ غَزْوَانَ .
Abu Hurairah said:Abu al-Qasim, the Prophet of Atonement (ﷺ) said to me: If anyone reviles his slave when he is innocent of what he said, he will be beaten on the Day of Resurrection. The transmitter Mu'ammal said: 'Isa narrated it to us from al-Fudial, that is, Ibn Ghazwan
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
In-book reference: 43:393