What should a Muslim say on hearing himself praised?

اَللّٰهُمَّ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِيْ بِمَا يَقُوْلُوْنَ وَاغْفِرْ لِيْ مَا لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ،¹ [ وَاجْعَلْنِيْ خَيْرًا مِّمَّا يَظُنُّوْنَ]²

O Allah! Do not take me to account for what these people say, and forgive me what they do not know and make me better than what they think (of me).

1. 1

   Sahih Mawquf, al-Adab al-Mufrad of al-Bukhari, ed. Abd al-Baqi, no. (761), Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, ed. ash-Shathri, no. (38446), az-Zuhd of Ahmad bin Hanbal, no. (1150), and al-Albani graded it Sahih in “Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad” (page 284).

   In the narration of Ibn Abi Shaybah, Mubarak bin Fadalah stated clearly that he heard it, so whoever called its chain weak is mistaken.

2. 2

   Munqati', Musannafat Abi al-Abbas al-Asamm, no. (278), Shu'ab al-Iman, ar-Rushd print (6/504), from one of the Salaf, the wording is theirs; something similar is in al-Mujtana of Ibn Durayd, Uthmaniyyah print (page 15), and through his route Ibn Asakir narrated it in Tarikh Dimashq (3/332) from Abu Bakr as-Siddiq, and its chain is broken; al-Albani mentioned it in “Sahih al-Adab al-Mufrad” (page 284) and was silent about this addition.