And the one who knows the worth of the speech...
And the one who knows the worth of the speech, is better accompanied with the silence, and one who overlooks upon what is in the subtleties of the silence and his assurance upon its treasures, his speech and his silence would (both) be (acts of) worship, and not one would notice upon his worship except the King, the Subduer!’’ [29] Harm of Excessive Talk: ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي الْمُفِيدُ عَنِ التَّمَّارِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص لَا تُكْثِرُوا الْكَلَامَ بِغَيْرِ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ كَثْرَةَ الْكَلَامِ بِغَيْرِ ذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَقْسُو الْقَلْبَ إِنَّ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنَ اللَّهِ الْقَلْبُ الْقَاسِي.
(The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – Al Mufeed, from Al Tammar, from Muhammad Bin Ahmad, from his grandfather, from Ali Bin Hafs, from Ibrahim Bin Al Haris, from Abdullah Bin Dinar, from Ibn Umar, ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘Do not frequent the speech without Zikr of Allah -azwj , for the frequent speech without Zikr of Allah -azwj hardens the heart. The remotest of the people from Allah -azwj is one of cruel heart’’.
[30] ما، الأمالي للشيخ الطوسي فِيمَا أَوْصَى بِهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع إِلَى ابْنِهِ ع يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ لِلْعَاقِلِ مِنْ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ فِي شَأْنِهِ فَلْيَحْفَظْ لِسَانَهُ وَ لْيَعْرِفْ أَهْلَ زَمَانِهِ. (The book) ‘Al Amaali’ of the sheykh Al Tusi – ‘Among what Amir Al-Momineen -asws had bequeathed with to his -asws son: ‘O my -asws son!
There is no escape for the intellectual from looking into his own affairs, so let him preserve his tongue and let him recognise the people of his time’’. [31] فس، تفسير القمي قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع طُوبَى لِمَنْ أَنْفَقَ الْفَضْلَ مِنْ مَالِهِ وَ أَمْسَكَ الْفَضْلَ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ. Tafseer Al Qummi – ‘Amir Al-Momineen -asws said: ‘Beatitude is for one spending the surplus of his wealth and withholding the surplus of his speech’’.
[32] ثو، ثواب الأعمال أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ حُكَيْمٍ عَنْ مُعَمَّرِ بْنِ خَلَّادٍ عَنِ الرِّضَا عَنْ أَبِيهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع نَجَاةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ فِي حِفْظِ لِسَانِهِ. (The book) ‘Sawaab Al Amaal’ – My father, from Sa’ad, from Muawiya Bi Hukeym, from Muammar Bin Khallad, ‘From Al-Reza -asws , from his -asws father -asws having said: ‘Salvation of the Momin is in preservation of his tongue’’.
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