Sayings of the Salaf
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Speech Therapy [Exhortation]

It is reported that a man saw Ibn ʿAbbās – Allāh be pleased with them – holding the tip of his tongue saying:

Woe to you, say what is good and you will reap gain, and be silent from speaking evil and you will be safe.

Imām Aḥmad, Al-Zuhd p236

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It is reported that ʿAbdullāh b. Al-Mubārak – Allāh have mercy on him – said: “I borrowed a pen in the land of Syria, and it slipped my mind to return it to its owner. When I arrived in Marw, I looked and found it still with me, so I returned to the land of Syria and gave it back to its owner.” Tārīkh Baghdād (11/407)