رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1788
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Chapter 107
Chapter context: Undesirability of Praising a Person in his Presence
- باب كراهة المدح في الوجه لمن خيف عليه مفسدة من إعجاب ونحوه، وجوازه لمن أمن ذلك في حقه
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Original Arabic
وعن أبي موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه قال: سمع رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم رجلا يُثني على رجل ويُطريه في المدحة، فقال:
أهلكتم، أو قطعتم ظهر الرجل
((متفق عليه)). (23).
Translation
English translation
Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) said:
The Prophet (ﷺ) heard a person lauding another person or praising him too much. Thereupon he said, "You killed the man," or he said, "You ruined the man." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 1788 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 18, The Book of the Prohibited actions, as in-book entry 278 under the chapter “Undesirability of Praising a Person in his Presence.”
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