Islamic Etiquette: What to Say to Others

How to Praise a Fellow Muslim

ما يقول المسلم إذا مدح المسلم

Hisnul Muslim: The etiquette of praising a fellow Muslim

How to Praise a Fellow Muslim: 1 narration from Hisnul Muslim's chapter "The etiquette of praising a fellow Muslim", in Arabic with transliteration and English translation, as narrated by Muslim.

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قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: "إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُم مَادِحاً صَاحِبَهُ لاَ مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ: أَحْسِبُ فُلاَناً وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ، وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَداً، أَحْسِبُهُ – إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ – كَذَا وَكَذَا"

Transliteration:

If any of you praises his companion then let him say:

Translation:

If any of you praises his companion then let him say: I consider (such and such a person), and Allah is his Assessor, (meaning: and I cannot claim anyone to be pious before Allah) if you know of this (good character trait in the person) to be such and such (saying what he thinks is praiseworthy in that person).

Hisnul Muslim: Hisn al-Muslim 231

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