Kitāb al-Zuhd 1, narration 14

Ḥusayn b. Saʿīd al-Ahwāzī · On silence Except when Speaking what is Good, Abandonment of what does not concern one, and Slander

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Arabic text

الحسين بن علوان عن عمرو بن خالد عن زيد بن علي عن آبائه عن علي عليه السلام. قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله يقول: الكلام ثلاثة فرابح وسالم وشاجب فاما الرابح فالذي يذكر الله واما السالم فالذي يقول ما أحب الله واما الشاجب فالذي يخوض في الناس.

Translation

11.Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿUlwān narrated from ʿAmr ibn Khālid, from Zayd ibn ʿAlī, from his fathers, from ʿAlī (a) who said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) say, ‘Speech is of three types: the profitable, the sound, and the detrimental. As for the profitable [speech], it is that where Allah is mentioned. As for the sound [speech], it is that wherein what Allah likes is spoken. And as for the detrimental [speech], it is that in which people are spoken about [in a negative way].’”

Translation: Shaykh Tahir Ridha Jaffer — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. 11.Al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿUlwān narrated
  2. ʿAmr ibn Khālid
  3. Zayd ibn ʿAlī
  4. his fathers
  5. ʿAlī (a) who said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah (ṣ) say

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