The Book of Asceticism · Hadith 5 (#Ḥadīth #2)
Chapter 1 | On silence Except when Speaking what is Good, Abandonment of what does not concern one, and Slander
2 - القاسم بن محمد عن صفوان الجمال عن الفضيل قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: طوبى لكل عبد لؤمة (نومة) عرف الناس قبل معرفتهم به.
2.Al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad narrated from Ṣafwān al-Jammāl, from Fuḍayl who said, “I heard Abā ʿAbdillāh [al-Ṣādiq] say, ‘Blessed be every unknown [critical] [1] servant [of Allah] who recognizes the [nature] of people before they recognize him.’”
Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).