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.
3. My father
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 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.”
Reference: Thawāb al-Aʿmāl wa ʿiqāb al-Aʿmāl, book 2, chapter 393, hadith 3, collection no. 678