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59 — ʿAlī ibn al-Hasan narrated to me, from Yahyā ibn Abī Bukayr, who said: ʿAbbād ibn al-Walīd al-Qurashī narrated to us, saying: al-Hasan—may Allah be pleased with him—said, “The tongue is the commander of the body. If it leads the limbs into any wrongdoing, they do wrong; but if it exercises restraint, they too exercise restraint.”
٥٩ - حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي بُكَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْقُرَشِيُّ، قَالَ: قَالَ الْحَسَنُ ﵁: «اللِّسَانُ أَمِيرُ الْبَدَنِ، فَإِذَا جَنَى عَلَى الْأَعْضَاءِ بِشَيْءٍ جَنَتْ، وَإِنْ عَفَّ عَفَّتْ»