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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: : الشاعر يمدح الناس بما ليس فيهم حتى يكون ذلك كثيرا ظاهرا كذبا محضا
Chapter: The poet who praises people for what is not in them until it becomes frequent, obvious and sheer lies
Bayhaqi 21134 — The poet who praises people for what
قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ: " رُدَّتْ شَهَادَتُهُ بِهِ ".
Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "His testimony will be rejected because of it."
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَحْمَوَيْهِ الْعَسْكَرِيُّ، ثنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَلَانِسِيُّ، ثنا آدَمُ بْنُ أَبِي إِيَاسٍ، ثنا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ خَيْرًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " وَيْحَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ " يَقُولُهُ مِرَارًا، إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَادِحًا أَخَاهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ: أَحْسِبُ كَذَا وَكَذَا، إِنْ كَانَ يَرَى أَنَّهُ كَذَاكَ، وَحَسِيبُهُ اللهُ، وَلَا يُزَكِّ أَحَدٌ عَلَى اللهِ " رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنْ آدَمَ.
Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Bakrah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that a man was mentioned in the presence of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and another man praised him well. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You have cut your brother's neck." He (peace and blessings be upon him) kept saying it repeatedly: "If one must praise, let him say: 'This is what I think of so-and-so.' If he is as he supposes him to be, then his reckoning rests with Allah; and let him not vouch for anyone's purity before Allah."
