59 – Abu Muhammad al-Azdi narrated to us. ʿAli ibn Thabit narrated to us, from Salih al-Muzani, who said: Salman wrote to Abu al-Dardaʾ—may Allah be pleased with them both—saying:

“To proceed: I counsel you to engage in the remembrance of Allah, for it is a remedy; and I forbid you to occupy yourself with talking about people, for that is a disease.”