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56 — Muhammad said: Qabīsa narrated to us, saying: One day, Dāwūd al-Tāʾī said to Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, “Do you not know that guarding the tongue is the hardest and best of deeds?” Muhammad replied, “Indeed—but how can we attain that?”
٥٦ - قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: حَدَّثَنَا قَبِيصَةُ، قَالَ: قَالَ دَاوُدُ الطَّائِيُّ لِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ: «أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ حِفْظَ اللِّسَانِ أَشَدُّ الْأَعْمَالِ وَأَفْضَلُهَا؟» قَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ: بَلَى، وَكَيْفَ لَنَا بِذَاكَ؟