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But rather He -azwj Sent them -as with the speech, neither can the Paradise be deserved by the silence nor can the Wilayah of Allah -azwj be obligated by the silence, nor can the Fire be Saved from by the silence. إِنَّمَا ذَلِكَ كُلُّهُ بِالْكَلَامِ مَا كُنْتُ لِأَعْدِلَ الْقَمَرَ بِالشَّمْسِ إِنَّكَ تَصِفُ فَضْلَ السُّكُوتِ بِالْكَلَامِ وَ لَسْتَ تَصِفُ فَضْلَ الْكَلَامِ بِالسُّكُوتِ‏. But rather, all that is with the speech. I -asws will not equate the moon with the sun!

You can describe the merit of silence with the speech, and you cannot describe the merit of the speech with the silence’’. [4] Introduction: Some Ahadith are presented to better understand when to keep quiet and when to speak. Silence is a Protector: لي، الأمالي للصدوق عَنِ الْبَاقِرِ عَنْ آبَائِهِ ع عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَالَ: لَا حَافِظَ أَحْفَظُ مِنَ الصَّمْتِ‏.

(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of Al Sadouq, ‘From Al-Baqir -asws , from his -asws forefathers -asws , from Amir Al-Momineen -asws having said: ‘There is no protector more protective than the silence’’. [5] ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي فِيمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع عِنْدَ وَفَاتِهِ‏ الْزَمِ الصَّمْتَ تَسْلَمْ‏. (The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – ‘Among what Amir Al-Momineen -asws had bequeathed with at his -asws expiry: ‘Necessitate the silence, you will be safe’’.

[6] ب، قرب الإسناد ابْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْبَزَنْطِيِّ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع قَالَ: مِنْ عَلَامَاتِ الْفِقْهِ الْحِلْمُ وَ الْعِلْمُ وَ الصَّمْتُ إِنَّ الصَّمْتَ بَابٌ مِنْ أَبْوَابِ الْحِكْمَةِ إِنَّ الصَّمْتَ يَكْسِبُ الْمَحَبَّةَ وَ هُوَ دَلِيلٌ عَلَى الْخَيْرِ. (The book) ‘Qurb Al Asnaad’ – Ibn Isa, from Al Bazanty, ‘From Al-Reza -asws having said: ‘From the signs of comprehension is the leniency, and the knowledge, and the silence. The silence is a door from the doors of wisdom.

The silence earns the love, and it is a pointer upon the good’’. [7] مع‏، معاني الأخبار ل، الخصال فِي وَصَايَا أَبِي ذَرٍّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‏ عَلَى الْعَاقِلِ أَنْ يَكُونَ بَصِيراً بِزَمَانِهِ مُقْبِلًا عَلَى شَأْنِهِ حَافِظاً لِلِسَانِهِ فَإِنَّ مَنْ حَسَبَ كَلَامَهُ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ قَلَّ كَلَامُهُ إِلَّا فِيمَا يَعْنِيهِ.