Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ وَيَزِيدُ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زُرَيْعٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ مَدَحَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَيْلَكَ قَطَعْتَ عُنُقَ صَاحِبِكَ مِرَارًا إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَادِحًا صَاحِبَهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْسَبُ فُلَانًا وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ وَلَا أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى أَحَدًا إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ أَحْسَبُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا.
English Translation
'Affan narrated to us: Wuhayb and Yazid — meaning Ibn Zurayi' — narrated to us, both saying: Khalid al-Hadhdha' narrated to us, from 'Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Bakra, from Abu Bakra, who said: A man praised another man in the presence of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Woe to you, you have cut off your companion's neck, time and again! If any of you must praise his companion, let him say: 'I consider so-and-so to be such — and God is his reckoner, and I do not attest to anyone's purity before God, Blessed and Exalted, if he knows that to be so — I consider him to be such and such.'"