Dua #1099•Muslim 4/2296.

The etiquette of praising a fellow Muslim

Hisnul Muslim
#1099

قال صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَحْسِبُ فُلاَناً وَاللَّهُ حَسِيبُهُ وَلاَ أُزَكِّي عَلَى اللَّهِ أَحَداً أَحْسِبُهُ – إِنْ كَانَ يَعْلَمُ ذَاكَ – كَذَا وَكَذَا'

Transliteration

Aḥsibu fulānan wallāhu ḥasībuhwa lā uzakkī `alallāhi aḥada.

Translation

If any of you praises his companion then let him say: I consider (such and such a person), and Allah is his Assessor, (meaning: and I cannot claim anyone to be pious before Allah) if you know of this (good character trait in the person) to be such and such (saying what he thinks is praiseworthy in that person).