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Sahih Muslim, 3000 b
sahih

Abd al-Rahman b. Abu Bakra reported on the authority of his father that a person was mentioned in the presence of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and a person said:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) , no person is more excellent than he after Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: Woe be to you, you have broken the neck of your friend, and he said this twice. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: If anyone has to praise his brother at all, he should say: I think him to be so and so, and even on this he should say: I do not consider anyone purer than Allah (considers).

وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ بْنِ أَبِي رَوَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، قَالَ شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنَا عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ، الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنَّهُ ذُكِرَ عِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَفْضَلُ مِنْهُ فِي كَذَا وَكَذَا ‏.‏ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ وَيْحَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ مِرَارًا يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِنْ كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَادِحًا أَخَاهُ لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْسِبُ فُلاَنًا إِنْ كَانَ يُرَى أَنَّهُ كَذَلِكَ وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَدًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Isnad

8 transmitters
  1. 1Muhammad bin 'Amr bin 'Ubada bin Jablaal-Basra · d. 234 AH
  2. 2Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi KathirMedina
  3. 3Abu Bakr bin Nafi' al-'Adwi, The ClientMedina
  4. 4Muhammad bin Ja'far Ghandaral-Basra · d. 194 AH
  5. 5Shu'bah bin al-HajjajWasit,Basra · d. 160 AH
  6. 6Khalid bin Mahran al-Hadha'al-Basra,al-Syria · d. ~141 AH
  7. 7'Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakraal-Basra · d. 96 AH
  8. 8Abu Bakra al-ThaqafiTaif/Medina/Basra · d. ~53 or 59 AH
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 55, Hadith 84
USC-MSA web (English) reference
Book 42, Hadith 7140 (deprecated numbering scheme)
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