1043 – ʿAbd Allah narrated to us; my father narrated to us; ʿAbd al-Rahman ibn Mahdi narrated to us, from al-Hasan ibn Abi Jaʿfar, from Abu al-Sahbaʾ, from Saʿid ibn Jubayr, who said: “I saw Ibn ʿAbbas holding his own tongue and addressing it, saying, ‘O tongue, speak what is good and you will profit, or remain silent and you will be safe—before a time comes when you lament.’”