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tabarani:16928 – Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥaḍramī > Manṣūr b. Abū Muzāḥim > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from his father > Maʿbad al-Juhanī

[Machine] Narrated from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in his sermon, I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Beware of excessive praise, for it is a slaughtering."  

الطبراني:١٦٩٢٨ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ ثنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مَعْبَدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ كَانَ مُعَاوِيَةُ قَلَّمَا يُحَدِّثُ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي خُطْبَتِهِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اتَّقُوا التَّمَادُحَ فَإِنَّهُ الذَّبْحُ»  

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ibnmajah:3743 – Abū Bakr b. Abū Shaybah > Ghundar > Shuʿbah > Saʿd b. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Maʿbad al-Juhanī > Muʿāwiyah

"I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: 'Beware of praising one another, for it is slaughtering (one another).'"  

ابن ماجة:٣٧٤٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ مَعْبَدٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِيَّاكُمْ وَالتَّمَادُحَ فَإِنَّهُ الذَّبْحُ