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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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The Ruling on Praising a Person in His Presence and Its Conditions

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Question:
Is it permissible for a Muslim to praise another person in his presence? What is the authenticity of the hadith
When you see those who are given to praising people, throw dust in their faces.إذا سمعتم المداحين فاحثوا في وجوههم التراب
Sunan Abi Dawud 4804Sahih (Al-Albani)
? And what are the conditions for permissible praise?

Answer:
Yes, it is not permissible to praise him in his presence, because this may lead him to become pleased with himself. The hadith, "If you hear the praisers, throw dust in their faces," which I know is a hadith with a straight chain of narration and is relied upon as evidence. Likewise, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), when he heard a man praising another man, said, "Woe to you! You have cut off your brother's neck!" So it is not permissible to praise a person in his presence; because this leads to his being pleased with himself, or perhaps it embarrasses him.
A group went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said to him, "You are the best of us, and the son of the best of us, and our master, and the son of our master." In the book of Tawhid (the oneness of Allah), which you will read, if Allah wills. He said, "Say what you say, or some of what you say, and do not let Satan lure you," meaning do not let Satan make you his messengers in this matter. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Indeed, the Master is Allah." When they said to him, "You are our master and the son of our master," he said, "Indeed, the Master is Allah." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) did not want praise in his face, and likewise he did not want others to be praised in their faces; because this leads to harms. As for praising a person in his absence with what is in him, I am with what is in him, that is good. Just as it is not permissible for a person to backbite another in his absence by mentioning his faults that he dislikes. The bottom line is that a person must stick to the path of moderation, and praise in the face is not permissible. Yes.
Source الفوزان -أشرطة- أسئلة وأجوبة من دروس التوحيد - الفوزان - أسئلة التوحيد - ٣ — archive.org (30:46)

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