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- ʿAbd Allah narrated to us—he said: My father also related to me—Jarir narrated to us, from Burd, from Sulayman ibn Musa, who said: Abu al-Dardaʾ declared, “It is sin enough for you that you persist in hostility; it is oppression enough for you that you are always contentious; and it is falsehood enough for you that you never cease talking—unless your speech is about Allah.”
٧٤١ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، قَالَ وَحَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ بُرْدٍ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُوسَى قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو الدَّرْدَاءِ: كَفَى بِكَ إِثْمًا أَنْ لَا، تَزَالَ مُحَارِبًا وَكَفَى بِكَ ظَالِمًا أَنْ لَا تَزَالَ مُخَاصِمًا وَكَفَى بِكَ كَاذِبًا أَنْ لَا تَزَالَ مُحَدِّثًا إِلَّا حَدِيثًا فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ – Exalté soit-Il – "