Hadith 18360

Chapter 27

باب 27

(27) باب مَا يُكْرَهُ مِنْ ثَنَاءِ السُّلْطَانِ، وَإِذَا خَرَجَ قَالَ غَيْرَ ذَلِكَ

(27) Chapter: Praising the Sultan and saying differently after leaving him (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ عِرَاكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " إِنْ شَرَّ النَّاسِ ذُو الْوَجْهَيْنِ، الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلاَءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلاَءِ بِوَجْهٍ ".

Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)s said, "The worst of all mankind is the double-faced one, who comes to some people with one face and to others, with another face." (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih al-Bukhari 7179 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 93, Hadith 42 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 9, Book 89, Hadith 290 (ES)