حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، عَنْ قَيْسٍ
قَالَ: كَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ يَسِيرُ مَعَ نَفَرٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَمَرَّ عَلَى بَغْلٍ مَيِّتٍ قَدِ انْتَفَخَ، فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ، لَأَنْ يَأْكُلَ أَحَدُكُمْ هَذَا حَتَّى يَمْلَأَ بَطْنَهُ، خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَأْكُلَ لَحْمَ مُسْلِمٍ
It is reported by Qays that Amr bin al-Aas (radiyallahu anhu) was going somewhere with his friends. They saw a dead mule whose belly had swollen up. Amr (radiyallahu anhu) said, By Allah, it is better for one to eat to his full from this (dead mule) than to eat the flesh of a Muslim (He meant to say that to backbite anyone is worse than eating the meat of a dead animal).
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 738, Book 31, Supplication, Hadith 133. 1 min read