Home / Books / Nahj al-Balāgha / Volume 1 / Excess praise as sycophancy, deficiency as inability or envy / Hadith 2203 hadith 2203 ۞ 347. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: To praise more than what is due is sycophancy; to do it less is either because of inability to speak or of envy. ٣٤٧. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): الثَّنَاءُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الِاسْتِحْقَاقِ مَلَقٌ وَالتَّقْصِيرُ عَنِ الِاسْتِحْقَاقِ عِيٌّ أَوْ حَسَدٌ. All narrations in Excess praise as sycophancy, deficiency as inability or envy Browse all books Search more hadith
hadith 2203 ۞ 347. Amīr al-mu’minīn, peace be upon him, said: To praise more than what is due is sycophancy; to do it less is either because of inability to speak or of envy. ٣٤٧. وَقَالَ (عليه السلام): الثَّنَاءُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الِاسْتِحْقَاقِ مَلَقٌ وَالتَّقْصِيرُ عَنِ الِاسْتِحْقَاقِ عِيٌّ أَوْ حَسَدٌ.