حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَامٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّائُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَکْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَثْنَی رَجُلٌ عَلَی رَجُلٍ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ وَيْلَکَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِکَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِکَ مِرَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ کَانَ مِنْکُمْ مَادِحًا أَخَاهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْسِبُ فُلَانًا وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ وَلَا أُزَکِّي عَلَی اللَّهِ أَحَدًا أَحْسِبُهُ کَذَا وَکَذَا إِنْ کَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَلِکَ مِنْهُ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 2662
Narrated Abu Bakra: A man praised another man in front of the Prophet . The Prophet said to him, "Woe to you, you have cut off your companion's neck, you have cut off your companion's neck," repeating it several times and then added, "Whoever amongst you has to praise his brother should say, 'I think that he is so and so, and Allah knows exactly the truth, and I do not confirm anybody's good conduct before Allah, but I think him so and so,' if he really knows what he says about him."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020