Baĥār-e-Sharī’at states, ‘If someone calls a chaste woman a ‘whore’, then this is Qażaf and the accuser deserves ‘Sharī’aĥ-declared punishment’ because this word is used only for women who use fornication as an occupation.’ (Baĥār-e-Sharī’at, part 9, pp. 116)
Just look at the high regard that our sacred religion grants to the honour and dignity of Muslim men and women and the strong measures that it takes to preserve their dignity. People who publicise the faults of Muslims based on doubt or hearsay are evil and should not think that just because these days there is no one to reprimand them, nothing will happen to them in the afterlife either. Listen to two Aḥādīš and tremble with fear of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ:
1. Sayyidunā ‘Ikramaĥ رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ said: Once a woman called her slave-girl an adulteress. Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāĥ Bin ‘Umar رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا asked her, ‘Did you see her commit fornication?’ She replied, ‘No.’ He رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ replied:
وَالَّذِيۡ نَفۡسِيۡ بِيَدِهِ لَتُجۡلَدَنَّ لَهَا يَوۡمَ الۡقِيَامَةَ ثَمَانِيۡنَ
I swear by the One under Whose omnipotence my life is! On Judgement Day, you will be given 80 lashes because of saying this.
(Al-Muṣannaf ‘Abdur Razzāq, vol. 9, pp. 320, Ḥadīš 18293)
Sayyidunā Ibn-ul-Musayyab رَضِیَ الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُمَا said, ‘Whoever accuses his slave-girl of adultery shall be given 80 iron whips on Judgement Day.’ (Ibid, Ḥadīš 18292)