Sahih Muslim
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Chapter 59 · The Book of Zuhd and Softening of Heartsحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى جَمِيعًا عَنْ ابْنِ مَهْدِيٍّ وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْمَرٍ قَالَ قَامَ رَجُلٌ يُثْنِي عَلَى أَمِيرٍ مِنْ الْأُمَرَاءِ فَجَعَلَ الْمِقْدَادُ يَحْثِي عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابَ وَقَالَ أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ نَحْثِيَ فِي وُجُوهِ الْمَدَّاحِينَ التُّرَابَ.
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The Arabic text and the translations come from our previous collection: English from hadithapi.com, German and Turkish machine-translated (Gemini) and unreviewed. A new translation from the Arabic with the chain of narration will follow.
A person lauded a ruler amongst the rulers and Miqdad رضی اللہ عنہ began to throw dust upon him and he said: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) commanded us that we should throw dust upon the faces of those who shower too much praise.