Musar for Shabbat 193:13
ופליגא דר' אלעזר דאמר ר"א מחייב היה ר' עקיבא אפילו למעלה מי' והאי דקתני רה"ר עצמה להודיעך כחן דרבנן
that is to teach you the extent<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'power'. ');"><sup>23</sup></span> of the Rabbis'[' ruling].<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Even then they hold that he is not culpable. ');"><sup>24</sup></span>
Shemirat HaLashon
And also through this [trait of nirganuth]) one is very liable to suspect the innocent, concerning which Chazal have said (Shabbath 97a): "One who suspects the innocent is stricken in his body."
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