Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ خَالِدٍ الْحَذَّاءِ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَدَحَ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَطَعْتَ ظَهْرَهُ إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُكُمْ مَادِحًا صَاحِبَهُ لَا مَحَالَةَ فَلْيَقُلْ أَحْسَبُهُ وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ وَلَا أَعْذِرُ عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَدًا أَحْسَبُهُ كَذَا وَكَذَا إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ.
English Translation
Abd al-Razzaq told us, Sufyan informed us, from Khalid al-Hadhdha, Ibn Abi Bakrah told us, from Abu Bakrah, who said: We were with the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, when a man praised another man, so the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "You have broken his back. If one of you must inevitably praise his companion, let him say: 'I consider him to be such, and Allah is his reckoner, and I do not vouch for anyone before Allah' - I consider him to be such and such, if he knows that of him."