Hadith 26

Sahih Bukhari

Book 52: Witnesses

Chapter 16

If only one man attests the conduct of another

بَابُ إِذَا زَكَّى رَجُلٌ رَجُلاً كَفَاهُ

Abu Jamila said, "I found a foundling, and when 'Umar saw me he said (what may mean), 'Perhaps what you intend to do will cause you trouble,' as if he was accusing me (of denying my paternity of the child and claiming falsely that he was a foundling). My monitor said, 'He is really a pious man.' 'Umar said to me, 'If it is so, then go (and be the child's guardian) and we will provide for it (from the Muslim's treasury).'"
وَقَالَ أَبُو جَمِيلَةَ وَجَدْتُ مَنْبُوذًا، فَلَمَّا رَآنِي عُمَرُ قَالَ عَسَى الْغُوَيْرُ أَبْؤُسًا. كَأَنَّهُ يَتَّهِمُنِي قَالَ عَرِيفِي إِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ قَالَ كَذَاكَ، اذْهَبْ وَعَلَيْنَا نَفَقَتُهُ.
Sahih al-Bukhari 2662
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
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."