General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 4805
إِذَا مَدَحَ أَحَدُكُمْ صَاحِبَهُ لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنِّي أَحْسِبُهُ كَمَا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَقُولَ وَلاَ أُزَكِّيهِ عَلَى اللَّهِ
idhā madaḥa aḥadukum ṣāḥibah lā maḥālaha falyaqul innī aḥsibuhu kamā yurīdu an yaqūla walā uzakkīhi ʿalā-Llāh
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
Abu Bakrah said that when a man praised another man in his face in the presence of the Prophet (ﷺ) said :You have beheaded your friend (saying it three times). He then said : One who cannot help expressing praise of his companion, should say : I consider him such and such (as he intends to say), but I do not declare him pure with Allah
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 4805
Ṣaḥīḥ
- Sahih
- Sahih
- Sahih Bukhari (6061) Sahih Muslim (3000)