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428 — Alī ibn Abī Maryam narrated to me, from Zakariyyā ibn Adī, from al-Salt ibn Bistām al-Taymī, who said: My father said to me:
“Keep close to Abd al-Malik ibn Abjar and learn from his caution in speech, for I know of no one in Kufa who guards his tongue more carefully than he does.”
٤٢٨ - حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، عَنْ زَكَرِيَّا بْنِ عَدِيٍّ، عَنِ الصَّلْتِ بْنِ بِسْطَامٍ التَّيْمِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي أَبِي: «الْزَمْ عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ بْنَ أَبْجَرَ فَتَعَلَّمْ مِنْ تَوَقِّيهِ فِي الْكَلَامِ، فَمَا أَعْلَمُ بِالْكُوفَةِ أَشَدَّ تَحَفُّظًا لِلِسَانِهِ مِنْهُ»