'Abdur Rahman ibn Abi Bakr Radiyallahu 'anhuma narrates that a person praised another before Nabi Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam (and the one being praised was also present).
Nabi Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: Woe unto you! You have cut the neck of your brother (he repeated it thrice); if one of you must praise, and consider it to be essential and despite knowing him to (be good), he should just say: I think so and so is a good man, Allah is going to account him (and Allah alone in reality knows whether he is good or bad). I cannot praise .anyone before Allah with certainty. (Bukhari)
Nabi Sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam said: Woe unto you! You have cut the neck of your brother (he repeated it thrice); if one of you must praise, and consider it to be essential and despite knowing him to (be good), he should just say: I think so and so is a good man, Allah is going to account him (and Allah alone in reality knows whether he is good or bad). I cannot praise .anyone before Allah with certainty. (Bukhari)
