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48 — Alī ibn al-Husayn narrated to me, from Habbān ibn Hilāl: Jafar ibn Sulaymān narrated to us and said, “I heard Mālik ibn Dīnār—may Allah have mercy on him—say: ‘If people were required to put their words down on sheets, they would speak less.’”
٤٨ - حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ حَبَّانَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ دِينَارٍ ﵀، يَقُولُ: «لَوْ كُلِّفَ النَّاسُ الصُّحُفَ لَأَقَلُّوا الْكَلَامَ»