He (the narrator) said...

He (the narrator) said, ‘And Abu Abdullah -asws looked sharply at him (slave), then said: ‘But, by Allah ‑azwj ! Even if you are defective of tongue, you are not defective of the heart!’ Then he ‑asws said: ‘The shame and the defect, are defects of the tongue, not defects of the heart from the Eman, while the immorality, and the obscenity, and the disrespect is from the hypocrisy’’.

[54] Slip of a tongue: ع، علل الشرائع مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ عَنْ عَمِّهِ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسَانِيِّ عَنِ الثَّقَفِيِّ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ رَفَعَهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ: إِذَا أَفْلَتَتْ مِنْ أَحَدِكُمْ كَلِمَةُ جَفَاءٍ يَخَافُ مِنْهَا عَلَى نَفْسِهِ فَلْيُتْبِعْهَا بِكَلِمَةٍ تُعْجَبُ مِنْهَا تُحْفَظُ عَلَيْهِ وَ تُنْسَى تِلْكَ‏.

(The book) ‘Ilal Al Sharaie’ – Majayawiya, from his uncle, from Al Barqy, from Al Qasany, from Al Saqafy, from Ali Bin Al Moalla, from Ibrahim Bin Al Khattab, ‘Raising it to Abu Abdullah -asws having said: ‘If a slanderous word slips out from one of you and he fears from it upon himself, let him follow it up with a word there will be fascination from it. It will be preserved upon him, and that one will be forgotten’’.

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