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رياض الصالحين

Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1788

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In-book entry
278

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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Hadith text

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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