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- ʿAbd Allāh narrated to us; al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Junayd narrated to me; Sufyān narrated to us, saying: Luqmān said to his son, “My dear son, I have never regretted remaining silent; and though speech may be silver, silence is gold.”
٢٧٢ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ الْجُنَيْدِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ: قَالَ لُقْمَانُ لِابْنِهِ: «يَا بُنَيَّ، مَا نَدِمْتُ عَلَى الصَّمْتِ قَطُّ، وَإِنْ كَانَ الْكَلَامُ مِنْ فِضَّةٍ، فَإِنَّ السُّكُوتَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ»