Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 360 of 372
Undesirability of Praising a Person in his Presence
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 360 : Ahadith 1788 – 1790
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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1788 Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari (radiyallahu anhu) 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].
1789 Abu Bakrah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: Mention of a man was made to the Prophet ﷺ and someone praised him whereupon he ﷺ said, “Woe be to you! You have broken the neck of your friend!” He repeated this several times and added, “If one of you has to praise his friend at all, he should say: `I reckon him to be such and such and Allah knows him well’, if you think him to be so-and-so, you will be accountable to Allah because no one can testify the purity of others against Allah.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1790 Hammam bin Al- Harith (radiyallahu anhu) reported: A person began to praise `Uthman (radiyallahu anhu), and Al-Miqdad (radiyallahu anhu) sat upon his knees and began to throw pebbles upon the flatterer’s face. `Uthman (radiyallahu anhu) said: “What is the matter with you?” He said: “Verily, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, `When you see those who shower undue praises upon others throw dust upon their faces.”’[Muslim].