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Bulugh al-Maram 16:42

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Hadith 16:42

Anas (RAA) narrated that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:

“Keeping silent is considered as (an act of`) wisdom, but very few practice it.” Related by Al-Baihaqi in his book Shu'ab al-Iman with a weak chain of narrators a he deemed the sound view is that it is traced back to one of the companions who quoted it from Luqman Al-Hakim.

وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم -{ اَلصَّمْتُ حِكْمَةٌ, وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ } أَخْرَجَهُ اَلْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي " اَلشُّعَبِ" بِسَنَدٍ ضَعِيفٍ وَصَحَّحَ أَنَّهُ مَوْقُوفٌ مِنْ قَوْلِ لُقْمَانَ اَلْحَكِيمِ