Sahih al-Bukhari 2662

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Chapter: If only one man attests the conduct of another

Chain of Narration (Isnad)

Narrated by Abu Bakra al-Thaqafi 5 narrators

Muhammad bin Salam al-Baykandi Atbāʿ Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn ~160 AH – 227 AH or 225 AH 'Abdul Wahab bin 'Abdul Majeed al-Thaqaf Atbāʿ al-Tābiʿīn ~108 AH – 194 AH Khalid bin Mahran al-Hadha' Tābiʿī d. ~141 AH Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakra Tābiʿī 14 AH – 96 AH Abu Bakra al-Thaqafi Companion d. ~53 or 59 AH

Narrated Abu Bakra:A man praised another man in front of the Prophet (ﷺ) . The Prophet (ﷺ) 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."

Reference

Sahih al-Bukhari 2662

In-book reference

Book 52, Hadith 26

USC-MSA web (English)

Vol. 3, Book 48, Hadith 830

Translation by Muhsin Khan · Language: EN

Arabic Text

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَامٍ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ أَثْنَى رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَجُلٍ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ وَيْلَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ مِرَارًا ثُمَّ قَالَ مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَادِحًا أَخَاهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْسِبُ فُلَانًا وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ وَلَا أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَدًا أَحْسِبُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ

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