Words are of three [types]: • a beautiful word; • a foolish word, and • a hollow word. As for the beautiful word, it is adorned by truth.
Tag: words
How beautiful silence is in sensitive matters
How beautiful silence is in sensitive matters; for how many [people] have we seen whose words have ruined them, and [yet] we have never seen anyone whose silence has ruined him.
I do not know
We were with Maalik ibn Anas رحمه الله when a man came saying: ‘O Abu ‘Abdullaah, I have travelled a distance of six months. The people of my land sent me to ask you about a matter.’ So he said: ‘Ask!