Hadith 49

Riyad as-Salihin

Book 17: The Book of the Prohibited actions

Chapter 266

Prohibition of Reviling a Muslim without any cause

باب تحريم سب المسلم بغير حق

Riyad as-Salihin 1559
وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏ ‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏
"‏سباب المسلم فسوق، وقتاله كفر‏"
Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Reviling a Muslim is Fusuq (disobedience of Allah) and killing him is (tantamount to) disbelief."[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].