It is not for us to say something except with certainty, unlike what some people do

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Shaykh Abdullah ibn AbdurRahman as-Sa’d [May Allaah Preserve him] said;

Bukhaaree has a transmission that Umm Aallaa al-Ansaaree, who has been narrated to be the wife of Zayd ibn Thaabit, the Faqeeh, that she narrated that when Uthman ibn Math’oon died, she said; “I bear witness for you that Allaah has honoured you”.

The Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be upon him] was present and upon hearing this he said; “How do you this? I am the Messenger of Allaah and I don’t know this!” 

She replied, “By Allaah! I will never give credit (Tazkiyyah) to anyone after him.”

Or the narration had words similar to this.

In this we learn that it is incumbent on the Muslim to be careful who he gives credit to (Tazkiyyah).  It is better for someone to say, ‘I think…’ or ‘it appears to me…’ or ‘it looked like the man is on good…’ or words similar to this. It is not for us to say something except with certainty, unlike what some people do, there is no doubt that this is a mistake. Excessive praise or using strong wording is a type of extremism (Guhloo). And we know that the extremism (Ghuloo) is means for one falling into Shirk.

When Shaykh AbdulAziz ibn Baaz - May Allaah have Mercy on him – passed away, some people went into extremes in praising him, until some of them fell into extremism (Ghuloo), May Allaah protect me and you. Likewise, when you hear some people praising others, the wording they use is excessive until some of the wording exceeds the bounds of extremism (Ghuloo) and he falls into Shirk, May Allaah protect me and you. So it is incumbent on us to pay attention to this very important point. 

Sharh Iltizamaat by al-Imaam al-Haafidh ad-Daaraqutnee [May Allaah have Mercy on him], Tape 6