Chapter 19 - On Honesty, Forgetting People's Faults and Forbidding Gossipping

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hadith 939

Ameer al-Momineen (a.s) said: “Nothing but the tongue deserves more to be locked up for a long time.”

قال أمير المؤمنين (عليه السلام): ما شئ أحق بطول الحبس من اللسان.

hadith 940

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “You are considered to be a good-doer as long as you are quiet, but as soon as you start to talk, you will be recorded as a good-doer or a wicked person.”

قال الصادق (عليه السلام): لا يزال العبد المؤمن يكتب محسنا ما دام ساكتا، فإذا تكلم كتب محسنا أو مسيئا.

hadith 941

Imam Sajjad (a.s) said: “The rights of the tongue include forbidding it from swearing, and vain talk and fostering proper talking and kindness to the people.”

قال علي بن الحسين (عليهما السلام): حق اللسان إلزامه عن الخنا وتعويده الخير، وترك الفضول التي لا فائدة لها، والبر بالناس، وحسن القول فيهم.

hadith 943

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said: “Be a source of honor and respect for us, not a means of disgust. Talk nicely with the people. Watch your tongue, and do not boast or swear.”

قال الصادق (عليه السلام): كونوا لنا زينا ولا تكونوا علينا شينا، قولوا للناس حسنا، واحفظوا ألسنتكم، وكفوا عن الفضول وقبح القول.

hadith 945

Imam Baqir (a.s) was asked: “What is the right of God over His servants?” He said: “That they do not say what they do not know.”

سئل الباقر (عليه السلام): ما حق الله على العباد؟ قال: أن لا يقولوا ما لا يعلمون.

hadith 947

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “Whoever stays quiet will be saved.”

وقال (صلى الله عليه وآله): من صمت نجا.

hadith 948

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “Calamities depend upon what we say.”

وقال (صلى الله عليه وآله): البلاء موكل بالمنطق أو بالقول.

hadith 949

God's Prophet (a.s) said: “Most of man's mistakes are due to what he says. If you watch your tongue, God will cover up your faults.”

وقال (صلى الله عليه وآله): إن أكثر خطايا ابن آدم في لسانه، ومن كف لسانه ستر الله عورته.