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[Machine] A man came and praised Uthman, so Mikdad stood up and dusted his face with dirt. Uthman asked him, "What is wrong with you?" He replied, "As for me, I do not leave anything I heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'Dust the faces of those who praise excessively.'"  

الطبراني:١٧٧٦٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَوْنٍ الْوَاسِطِيُّ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي زِيَادٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَمَدَحَ عُثْمَانَ فَقَامَ الْمِقْدَادُ يَحْثُو فِي وَجْهِهِ التُّرَابَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ مَا لَكَ؟ قَالَ أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا أَدَعُ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «احْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِ الْمَدَّاحِينَ التُّرَابَ»  

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ahmad:23823 – Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > al-Ḥakam > Maymūn b. Abū Shabīb

What is the matter with you? And he said: Verily, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When you see those who shower (undue) praise (upon others), throw dust upon their faces. (Using translation from Muslim 3002b)   

أحمد:٢٣٨٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنْ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ أَبِي شَبِيبٍ قَالَ

جَعَلَ رَجُلُ يَمْدَحُ عَامِلًا لِعُثْمَانَ فَعَمَدَ الْمِقْدَادُ فَجَعَلَ يَحْثُو التُّرَابَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُثْمَانُ مَا هَذَا؟ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُ الْمَدَّاحِينَ فَاحْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ التُّرَابَ  

ahmad:23824 – Sufyān > Ibn Abū Najīḥ > Mujāhid

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "We have been commanded to sprinkle dust on the faces of the flatterers." Sufyan once stood up and Al-Miqdad said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, 'Sprinkle dust on the faces of the flatterers.'" Az-Zubair said, "As for Al-Miqdad, he has fulfilled what was required of him."  

أحمد:٢٣٨٢٤ – حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ أَنَّ سَعِيدَ بْنَ الْعَاصِ بَعَثَ وَفْدًا مِنَ الْعِرَاقِ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ فَجَاءُوا يُثْنُونَ عَلَيْهِ فَجَعَلَ الْمِقْدَادُ يَحْثُو فِي وُجُوهِهِمُ التُّرَابَ

وَقَالَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَحْثُوَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْمَدَّاحِينَ التُّرَابَ وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ مَرَّةً فَقَامَ الْمِقْدَادُ فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ احْثُوا فِي وُجُوهِ الْمَدَّاحِينَ التُّرَابَ قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ أَمَّاالْمِقْدَادُ فَقَدْ قَضَى مَا عَلَيْهِ