1614 - النَّهيُ عَن كَثرَةِ الكَلامِ‏

1614. THE PROHIBITION OF SPEAKING

5588.الخضرُ عليه السلام - مِن وصاياهُ لِموسى‏ عليه السلام - : لا تكونَنَّ مِكثاراً بالنُطقِ مِهذاراً ، فإنّ كَثرَةَ النُّطقِ تَشينُ العُلَماءَ ، وتُبدي مَساويَ السُّخَفاءِ .¹

5588. Prophet Khidr (AS), in his advice to Prophet Moses (AS) said, 'Do not be talkative and a prattler in speaking, for excessive speech disgraces the knowledgeable and shows up the faults of the foolish.' ²

5589.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لا تُكثِرُوا الكلامَ بغيرِ ذِكرِ اللَّهِ ؛ فإنَّ كَثرَةَ الكلامِ بغَيرِ ذِكرِ اللَّهِ قَسوَةُ القَلبِ، إنّ أبعَدَ النّاسِ مِن اللَّهِ القَلبُ القاسي .³

5589.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Do not speak a lot without the remembrance of Allah, for excessive speech without the remembrance of Allah hardens the heart. The farthest of people away from Allah are the hard-hearted.' ⁴

5590.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام: إيّاكَ وكَثرَةَ الكَلامِ ؛ فإنّهُ يُكثِرُ الزَّلَلَ ويُورِثُ المَلَلَ .⁵

5590.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Beware of speaking too much, for it increases mistakes and engenders boredom.' ⁶

5591.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إذا تَمَّ العَقلُ نَقَصَ الكلامُ .⁷

5591.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'When the intellect is perfected speaking decreases.' ⁸

5592.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الكلامُ في وَثاقِكَ ما لم تَتَكلَّمْ بهِ ، فإذا تَكَلَّمتَ بهِ صِرتَ في وَثاقِهِ ، فَاخزُنْ لِسانَكَ كما تَخزُنُ ذَهَبَكَ ووَرِقَكَ ، فَرُبَّ كَلِمَةٍ سَلَبَت نِعمَةً وجَلَبَت نِقمَةً .⁹

5592.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Your speech is in your shackle [power] as long as you do not speak, and when you speak you become shackled by it. So, guard your tongue like you guard your gold and silver, for many a word snatches away a blessing and brings down vengeance.' ¹⁰

5593.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : إذا تَكَلَّمتَ بالكَلِمَةِ مَلَكَتكَ ، وإذا أمسَكتَها مَلَكتَها .¹¹

5593.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'If you speak a word it possesses you and if you withhold it you possess it.' ¹²

5594.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : مَن عَلِمَ أنّ كلامَهُ مِن عَمَلِهِ قلّ كلامُهُ إلّا فيما يَعنيهِ .¹³

5594.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'He who knows that his words form part of his actions, his words lessen except in that which concerns him.' ¹⁴

5595.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لا تَقُلْ ما لا تَعلَمُ ، بَل لا تَقُلْ كُلَّ ما تَعلَمُ ، فإنَّ اللَّهَ فَرَضَ على‏ جَوارِحِكَ كُلِّها فَرائضَ يَحتَجُّ بها علَيكَ يَومَ القِيامَةِ .¹⁵

5595.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Do not say what you do not know, or rather, do not say everything you know, for Allah prescribed obligations upon your body parts which He will use as proof against you on the Day of Resurrection .' ¹⁶

5596.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الكلامُ كالدَّواءِ ؛ قَليلُهُ يَنفَعُ ، وكَثيرُهُ قاتِلٌ .¹⁷

5596.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'Speech is like medicine; a little bit of it benefits, and a lot of it kills.' ¹⁸

5597.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : الكلامُ بَينَ خَلَّتَي سَوءٍ ، هُما : الإكثارُ والإقلالُ ، فالإكثارُ هَذَرٌ ، والإقلالُ عِيٌّ وحَصَرٌ .¹⁹

5597.Imam Ali (AS) said, '[Balanced] Speech is between two attributes of badness, which are: excessive and too little [speech]; too much is prattle and too little is stammering and hesitation.' ²⁰

5598.الإمامُ الباقرُ عليه السلام: إنّي لَأكْرَهُ أن يكونَ مِقدارُ لِسانِ الرجُلِ فاضِلاً على‏ مِقدارِ عِلمِهِ ، كما أكرَهُ أن يكونَ مِقدارُ عِلمِهِ فاضِلاً على‏ مِقدارِ عَقلِهِ .²¹

5598.Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, 'I hate for the size of a person's tongue to exceed his knowledge, just as I hate the extent of a person's knowledge to exceed the extent of his intellect.' ²²

5599.الإمامُ الهاديُّ عليه السلام : الجاهِلُ أسيرُ لِسانِهِ .²³

5599.Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, 'The ignorant person is the prisoner of his own tongue.' ²⁴

(اُنظر) عنوان 241 «الصمت» .

(See also: SILENCE 241)