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736 — Abū Abd al-Rahmān al-Azdī related to me, from Khāqān ibn Abd Allah, who said: I heard Ibn al-Mubārak when he was asked about Luqmān’s words to his son, “If speech is silver, silence is gold.” Abd Allah replied, “If speaking in obedience to Allah is silver, then remaining silent rather than disobeying Allah is gold.”
٧٣٦ - حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَزْدِيُّ، عَنْ خَاقَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَسُئِلَ عَنْ قَوْلِ لُقْمَانَ لِابْنِهِ: إِنْ كَانَ الْكَلَامُ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، فَإِنَّ الصَّمْتَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ. فَقَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ: «لَوْ كَانَ الْكَلَامُ بِطَاعَةِ اللَّهِ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، فَإِنَّ الصَّمْتَ عَنْ مَعْصِيَةِ اللَّهِ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ»