سنن أبي داود

Hadith 4805

Book 43: General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)

كِتَاب الْأَدَبِ

Chapter 10

Chapter: Regarding it being disliked to praise (people).

باب فِي كَرَاهِيَةِ التَّمَادُحِ

English narration

Narrated by نفيع بن مسروح الثقفي

Abu Bakrah said that when a man praised another man in his face in the presence of the Prophet ﷺ said: You have beheaded your friend (saying it three times). He then said: One who cannot help expressing praise of his compnion, should say: I consider him such and such (as he intends to say), but I do not declare him pure with Allah.

النص العربي

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُونُسَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو شِهَابٍ ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ ، "

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَثْنَى عَلَى رَجُلٍ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ لَهُ : قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : إِذَا مَدَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ صَاحِبَهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ ، فَلْيَقُلْ : إِنِّي أَحْسِبُهُ كَمَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقُولَ ، وَلَا أُزَكِّيهِ عَلَى اللَّهِ

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Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4805In-book: Book 43, Hadith 4805

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