1-53 My father narrated to me, he said: Ahmad ibn Idris narrated on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad, on the authority of Musa ibn Umar, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Hussein ibn Ribat, on the authority of some of his men, that Abi 'Abdullah said,

“Good deeds are recorded for a Muslim man as long as he remains quiet. However, once he starts to talk, good or bad deeds are recorded for him.”