The Book of Repentance
Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim 6991
لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ الْمَدْحُ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ مَدَحَ نَفْسَهُ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ أَغْيَرَ مِنَ اللَّهِ مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ حَرَّمَ الْفَوَاحِشَ
laysa aḥadun aḥabba ilayhi al-madḥu mina-Llāh min ajli dhalika madaḥa nafsah walaysa aḥadun aghyara mina-Llāh min ajli dhalika ḥarrama al-fawāḥisha
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The full narration
Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Nothing is more loveable to Allah than His praise as He has praised Himself and no one is more self-respecting than Allah Himself and it As because of this that He has prohibited abominable acts
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Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim · 6991
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