Hadith.5068 - It was narrated from Safwan from Abu Bakr Al-Hadrami from Abu Abdullah (as) who said
I asked Imam (as) about a man who slanders a man from the pre-Islamic Arabs.
Imam (as) said: "He is to be given the legal punishment."
I asked: "Is he to be given the legal punishment?"
He said: "Yes, because that offense reaches the Messenger of Allah (swt) (peace be upon him and his family)."