(51) باب إِذَا أُثْنِيَ عَلَى الصَّالِحِ فَهِيَ بُشْرَى وَلاَ تَضُرُّهُ
This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters also and the one transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba (the words are):
" People love him." In the hadith transmitted on the authority of 'Abd-us-Samad (the words are):" People praise him as stated by Hammad." (FR)
Reference (FR): Sahih Muslim 2642 b (FR)
In-book reference (FR): Book 45, Hadith 217 (FR)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 32, Hadith 6389 (FR)