Hadith 6162

What is said about one's saying: "Wailaka (woe to you)."

English source

Darussalam · Volume 8

78 - THE BOOK OF AL-ADAB

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

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Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6162 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 38

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English translation

6162. Narrated Abū Bakra: A man praised another man in front of the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said thrice, "Wailaka (woe to you)! You have cut the neck of your brother!" The Prophet ﷺ added, "If it is indispensable for anyone of you to praise a person, then he should say, "I think that such and such person (is so-and-so), and Allāh is the One Who will take his accounts (as He knows his reality) and none can sanctify anybody before Allāh (and that should be only if he knows well about that person)."

Arabic text

6162 - حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، عَنْ خَالِدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ: أَثْنَى رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَجُلٍ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: " وَيْلَكَ، قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ أَخِيكَ - ثَلاَثًا - مَنْ كَانَ مِنْكُمْ مَادِحًا لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ: أَحْسِبُ فُلاَنًا، وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ، وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَدًا، إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ "

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