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697 — Al-Husayn also related to me, from an elder of Quraysh, who said: Sa‘sa‘a ibn Sūhān said, “To remain silent until there is a need to speak is the height of noble character.”
٦٩٧ - وَحَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ، عَنْ شَيْخٍ، مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ قَالَ: قَالَ صَعْصَعَةُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ: «الصَّمْتُ حَتَّى يَحْتَاجَ إِلَى الْكَلَامِ رَأْسُ الْمُرُوَءَةِ»