(14) باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْمَدْحِ، إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِ إِفْرَاطٌ وَخِيفَ مِنْهُ فِتْنَةٌ عَلَى الْمَمْدُوحِ
Abu Musa reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw a person lauding another person or praising him too much. Thereupon he said:
You killed him, or you sliced the back of a person. (JA)
Reference (JA): Sahih Muslim 3001 (JA)
In-book reference (JA): Book 55, Hadith 86 (JA)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 42, Hadith 7141 (JA)