Authentic hadithNarrated by Bukhari

Do not exaggerate in praising me as the Christians exaggerated in praising the son of Mary, for I am only His slave. So, call me the slave of Allah and His Messenger

عَن عُمَرَ بنِ الخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قال: سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَا تُطْرُونِي كَمَا أَطْرَتِ النَّصَارَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ؛ فَإِنَّمَا أَنَا عَبْدُهُ، فَقُولُوا: عَبْدُ اللهِ وَرَسُولُهُ».

Explanation

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) prohibits immoderateness and exceeding the Shariah-prescribed limit in praising him and forbids ascribing to himself the peculiar attributes and actions of Allah or knowledge of the unseen, or that he should be supplicated to along with Allah, as the Christians did with Jesus, the son of Mary (peace be upon him).

Then, he made it clear that he is one of the servants of Allah and commanded us to call him: the servant and Messenger of Allah.

Source

صحيح البخاري (4/ 167) (3445). عمدة القاري شرح صحيح البخاري، محمود بن أحمد بدر الدين العيني (16/ 37). فتح الباري، لابن حجر (6/ 490). منار القاري شرح مختصر صحيح البخاري، حمزة محمد قاسم (4/ 208).
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