Hadith 18425

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 أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ أُنَاسٌ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ إِنَّا نَدْخُلُ عَلَى سُلْطَانِنَا فَنَقُولُ لَهُمْ خِلاَفَ مَا نَتَكَلَّمُ إِذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ قَالَ كُنَّا نَعُدُّهَا نِفَاقًا.

Narrated Muhammad bin Zaid bin `Abdullah bin `Umar:
Some people said to Ibn `Umar, "When we enter upon our ruler(s) we say in their praise what is contrary to what we say when we leave them." Ibn `Umar said, "We used to consider this as hypocrisy." (ES)

Reference (ES): Sahih al-Bukhari 7178 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 93, Hadith 41 (ES)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Vol. 9, Book 89, Hadith 289 (ES)