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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 333

What has come about praising people

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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ خَيْرًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَيْحَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ يَقُولُهُ مِرَارًا إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَادِحًا لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْسَبُ كَذَا وَكَذَا إِنْ كَانَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذَلِكَ وَحَسِيبُهُ اللَّهُ وَلاَ يُزَكِّي عَلَى اللهِ أَحَدًا

Translation

✧ A man was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ, and another man praised him highly. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Woe to you! You have cut the neck of your companion' - saying it repeatedly - 'If one of you must praise, then let him say, "I reckon so-and-so," if he thinks that he is like that, and Allah is his reckoner, and no one is to be declared pure before Allah.'

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