Mālik b. Dīnār said:
“Since I
have known people, I have not been delighted due to their praise nor have I
been saddened due to (nor have I disliked) their criticism. It was said to
him, ‘Why is that?’ He replied,
‘The one
who praises from among them exaggerates in his praise, and the one who
criticizes is excessive in his criticism.”’
Trans. by Hassan
Somali / @hikmahpubs
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Source: Siyar
‘Alām al-Nubalā (5/362),al-‘Uzlah al-Khattābī (p.458 in the
compilation of five of his treatises, which is printed by Dār al-Imām al-Bukhārī) and al-Hilyah (2/372).
