Sahih Muslim Book 32, Hadith Number 6389.

Chapter : When a pious person is praised that is glad tidings for him.

This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters also and the one transmitted on the authority of Shu’ba (the words are): “People love him.” In the hadith transmitted on the authority of ‘Abd-us-Samad (the words are): “People praise him as stated by Hammad.”