Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2393

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Muhammad bin Bashshar narrated to us: 'Abdur-Rahman bin Mahdi narrated to us: Sufyan narrated to us, from Habib bin Abi Thabit, from Mujahid, from Abu Ma'mar, who said: A man stood up to praise one of the governors, so Al-Miqdad began throwing dust in his face and said, ‘The Messenger of Allah commanded us to throw dust in the faces of flatterers.’ Reports on this topic are also narrated from Abu Hurairah. Abu 'Isa said: This hadith is hasan sahih. Za'idah also narrated it from Yazid bin Abi Ziyad, from Mujahid, from Ibn 'Abbas, but the report of Mujahid from Abu Ma'mar is more authentic. Abu Ma'mar was named 'Abdullah bin Sakhr. Al-Miqdad bin Al-Aswad was Al-Miqdad bin 'Amr Al-Kindi, kunyah Abu Ma'bad; he was attributed to Al-Aswad bin 'Abd Yaghuth because the latter adopted him when he was young.