Sunan an-Nasa'i 4104
سنن النسائي#4104Sahihأَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " قِتَالُ الْمُسْلِمِ كُفْرٌ وَسِبَابُهُ فُسُوقٌ " .
Sa'd bin Abi Waqas told us that:The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: "Fighting a Muslim is Kufr and defaming him is evildoing
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:
Abu GhuddahSahih
Al-AlbaniSahih
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih
In-book reference: 37:139