صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الزهد والرقائق
The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Hearts
باب النَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمَدْحِ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِ إِفْرَاطٌ وَخِيفَ مِنْهُ فِتْنَةٌ عَلَى الْمَمْدُوحِ:
Chapter: The Prohibition Of Praising if It Involves Exaggeration And There Is The Fear That It May Be A Source Of Temptation (Fitnah) For The One Who Is Praised
Hadith 3000
This hadith is listed as number 7501 in Maktaba Shamila
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَي بْنُ يَحْيَي ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، قَالَ : مَدَحَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : فَقَالَ : " وَيْحَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ ، قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ مِرَارًا ، إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَادِحًا صَاحِبَهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ ، فَلْيَقُلْ : أَحْسِبُ فُلَانًا وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ ، وَلَا أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَدًا أَحْسِبُهُ ، إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ كَذَا وَكَذَا " .
'Abdul Rahman bin Abu Bakra (RA) reported on the authority of his father that a person praised another person in the presence of Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) , whereupon he said: Woe be to thee, you have broken the neck of your friend, you have broken the neck of your friend-he said this twice. If one of you has to praise his friend at all, he should say: I think (him to be) so and Allah knows it well and I do not know the secret of the heart and Allah knows the destined end, and I cannot testify his purity against Allah but (he appears) to be so and so.
