Hadith 678
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3. My father (rah) said: it was narrated to us by Muhammad b. Yahya from Muhammad b. Ahmad from Musa b. ’Amru from Ali b. al-Hussain b. Ribat from some of his men from Abi Abdillah (a.s.) who said
“Good deeds are written for a Muslim till he is silent. As soon as he speaks, either a good deed or a sin is written down for him.”
أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ یَحْیَی عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ عَنْ مُوسَی بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْنِ بْنِ رِبَاطٍ عَنْ بَعْضِ رِجَالِهِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ
لَا یَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ الْمُسْلِمُ یُکْتَبُ مُحْسِناً مَا دَامَ سَاکِتاً فَإِذَا تَکَلَّمَ کُتِبَ إِمَّا مُحْسِناً أَوْ مُسِیئاً.
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