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Hadith 253
253/333 (صحيح) عن أبي بكرة ؛ أن رجلاً ذُكر عند النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فأثنى عليه رجلٌ خيراً. فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : " ويحك قطعت عنق صاحبك، (يقوله مراراً)، إن كان أحدكم مادحاً لا محالة، فليقل: أحسِبَ كذا وكذا- إن كان يرى أنه كذلك – وحسيبه الله، ولا يزكي على الله أحداً".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that a person was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), so a man praised him well. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "Alas, you have cut your companion's neck." The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) kept repeating this. "If any of you must praise someone, he should say: 'I think so-and-so is such and such,' if he thinks him to be so, and his reckoning is with Allah, and do not present anyone's purity before Allah."
Hadith 254
254/334 (صحيح) عن أبي موسى قال : سمع النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم رجلاً يثني على رجل ويطريه. فقال النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم : " أهْلَكْتُم- أو قطعتم ظهرَ – الرجل".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) heard a man praising another man and exaggerating in his praise, so the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "You have destroyed him," or he said: "You have broken your brother's back." (That is, by praising, a person becomes lazy in action and corruption arises.)
Hadith 255
255/335(صحيح الإسناد) عن إبراهيم التيمي، عن أبيه قال: كنا جلوساً عند عُمر، فأثنى رجلٌ على رجلٍ في وجهه. فقال: " عقرت الرجل، عقرك الله ".
Ibrahim Taimi narrates from his father, who said: We were sitting with Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) when a person praised another person in his presence. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: You have killed this man, may Allah kill you.
Hadith 256
265/336(صحيح الإسناد) عن عمر قال: " المدح ذبح". قال محمد: يعني إذا قبلها.
Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Praising (someone) is (like) slaughtering him. Muhammad says: That is, when he accepts it.
