Hazrat Hammam narrates that a man came and praised Hazrat Usman to his face. Upon this, Hazrat Miqdad bin Aswad picked up some soil and put it in the man's mouth. And he said that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had instructed that when you meet those who praise excessively, throw dust in their faces.

Ibrahim's father, Hazrat Yazid bin Sharik, narrates that we were sitting with Hazrat Umar when someone praised another person to his face. When that person left, Hazrat Umar said: "You have destroyed the man; may Allah destroy you as well."