Q1024: Do slander and accusation of clergymen and others count as evil-doing and deviant behavior?

A: Slandering any believer counts as evil-doing and the doer will no more be considered just, particularly if the slandered people are clergymen. There is a quotation from His Holiness Imam Sadiq (PBUH) which says”, one who makes a false spoken statement against a believer intending to damage their reputation and the good opinion people have of them and to discredit them, will be excluded from the guardianship of Allah and included in the Devil’s guardianship, and even the Devil refuses to accept them.”