Ibrahim at-Taymi reported that his father said, "We were sitting
with 'Umar and one man praised another man to his face." He said, "You
have wounded the man. May Allah wound you."
Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "The best of men is Abu Bakr. The best of men is
'Umar. The best of men is Abu 'Ubayda. The best of men is Usayd ibn Hudayr.
The best of men is Thabit ibn Qays ibn Shammas. The best of men is Mu'adh
ibn 'Amr ibn al-Jamuh. The best of men is Mu'adh ibn Jabal." Then he said,
"The worst of men is so-and-so. The worst of men is so-and-so," until he
had named seven men.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ: سَمِعَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجُلاً يُثْنِي عَلَى رَجُلٍ وَيُطْرِيهِ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَهْلَكْتُمْ، أَوْ قَطَعْتُمْ، ظَهْرَ الرَّجُلِ.
Abu Musa reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, heard a man praise another man and he was using exaggeration
in his praise of him. The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, "You have destroyed - or broken - the man's back."
