Shu'ab al-Iman (al-Bayhaqi) 4592
✧ The virtue of silence regarding everything that does not concern one and refraining from engaging in it
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ السَّامِرِيُّ، بِبَغْدَادَ، نا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، نا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ السَّعْدِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ، نا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ اللَّيْثِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ
قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ بِطُولِهِ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ: قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَوْصِنِي. قَالَ: " أَوْصَيْتُكَ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَإِنَّهُ أَزْيَنُ لِأَمْرِكَ كُلِّهِ " قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: " عَلَيْكَ بِتِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ، وَذِكْرِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، فَإِنَّهُ ذِكْرٌ لَكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ وَنُورٌ لَكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ " قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي، قَالَ: " عَلَيْكَ بِطُولِ الصَّمْتِ، فَإِنَّهُ مَطْرَدَةٌ لِلشَّيْطَانِ، وَعَوْنٌ لَكَ عَلَى أَمْرِ دِينِكَ " قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: إِيَّاكَ وَكَثْرَةَ الضَّحِكِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُمِيتُ الْقَلْبَ، وَيَذْهَبُ بِنُورِ الْوَجْهِ " قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: " قُلِ الْحَقَّ، وَإِنْ كَانَ مُرًّا " قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: " لَا تَخَفْ فِي اللهِ لَوْمَةَ لَائِمٍ " قُلْتُ: زِدْنِي. قَالَ: " لِيَحْجِزْكَ عَنِ النَّاسِ مَا تَعْلَمُ مِنْ نَفْسِكَ "
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machine translationAbū ʿAbdillāh al-Ḥāfiẓ informed us: Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. al-Faḍl al-Sāmirī informed us, in Baghdad: al-Ḥasan b. ʿArafah narrated to us: Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd al-Saʿdī al-Baṣrī narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Malik b. Jurayj narrated to us, from ʿAṭāʾ, from ʿUbayd b. ʿUmayr al-Laythī, from Abū Dharr.
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He said: I entered upon the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he mentioned the hadith at length, until he said: I said: "O Messenger of Allah, advise me." He said: "I advise you to have fear of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for it is the most adorning of all your affairs." I said: "Give me more." He said: "Hold fast to the recitation of the Qur'an and the remembrance of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, for it is a mention of you in the heavens and a light for you on the earth." I said: "Give me more." He said: "Hold fast to long silence, for it is a means of driving away the devil and a help to you in the matter of your religion." I said: "Give me more." He said: "Beware of excessive laughter, for it deadens the heart and takes away the light of the face." I said: "Give me more." He said: "Speak the truth, even if it is bitter." I said: "Give me more." He said: "Do not fear the blame of any blamer in the matter of Allah." I said: "Give me more." He said: "Let what you know of yourself keep you back from people."
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Mirqāt al-Mafātīḥ (al-Mullā ʿAlī Qārī)
Lamaʿāt al-Tanqīḥ (ʿAbd al-Ḥaqq al-Dihlawī)
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