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Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Do not extol me 1 as the Christians extolled the son of Mary, for I am only His servant, so say: the servant of Allah and His Messenger.”
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- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 3445 (unverified) 99% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Do not extol me…”: Its implication is that extolling him differently from theirs is permissible. How well the author of Al-Burdah said: “Leave what the Christians claim about their prophet… and judge as you wish in praise of him and decide.” [As stated in Al-Mirqat]
Note 1
(۱) قوله: لا تطروني إلخ : مفهومه أن إطراءه من غير جنس إطرائهم جائز ، والله در صاحب البردة حيث قال: دع ما ادعته النصارى في نبيهم ........ واحكُمْ بِما شِئتَ مَدحًا فيه واحْتَكِمْ كذا في «المرقاة».