Al-Kāfi - Volume 8


Book 1, Chapter 537

Hold back your tongue...
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عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ مَا أَيْسَرَ مَا رَضِيَ بِهِ النَّاسُ عَنْكُمْ كُفُّوا أَلْسِنَتَكُمْ عَنْهُمْ.


537. Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr, from Hisham Bin Salim, who has narrated the following: Abu Abdullah (a.s) has said: ‘How easy it is to make the people to be happy with you. Just restrain your tongues from (speaking against) them’.