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.

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