صحيح البخاري
Sahih Bukhari
كتاب الأدب
The Book of Al-Adab (Good Manners)
بَابُ مَا جَاءَ فِي قَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ وَيْلَكَ:
(95) Chapter. What is said about one’s saying: “Wailaka (woe to you).”
Hadith 6162
حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : أَثْنَى رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَجُلٍ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ : " وَيْلَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ أَخِيكَ ثَلَاثًا ، مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَادِحًا لَا مَحَالَةَ ، فَلْيَقُلْ : أَحْسِبُ فُلَانًا وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ وَلَا أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَدًا " إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ .
Narrated Abu Bakra: A man praised another man in front of the Prophet. The Prophet said thrice, "Wailaka (Woe on you) ! You have cut the neck of your brother!" The Prophet added, "If it is indispensable for anyone of you to praise a person, then he should say, "I think that such-and-such person (is so-and-so), and Allah is the one who will take his accounts (as he knows his reality) and none can sanctify anybody before Allah (and that only if he knows well about that person.)".
