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Hadith 888
taqwa
5842 - وَ قَالَ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ : "لاَ يَزَالُ اَلرَّجُلُ اَلْمُسْلِمُ يُكْتَبُ مُحْسِناً مَا دَامَ سَاكِتاً فَإِذَا تَكَلَّمَ كُتِبَ مُحْسِناً أَوْ مُسِيئاً".
Hadith.5842 - The Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said: "A Muslim man continues to be recorded as a doer of good as long as he remains silent. But when he speaks, he is recorded either as a doer of good or a doer of evil."
Source: Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq

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