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What Has Been Narrated About Eloquent Speech

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 5008 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 302

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5008. Abū Zabyah narrated that ‘Amr bin Al-‘Āṣ said one day, when a man stood up and spoke at length: “If he had been brief in his speech that would have been better for him. I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: ‘I think, or I have been commanded, to be concise in speech, for being concise is better.’” (Hasan)

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5008 - حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْبَهْرَانِيُّ، أَنَّهُ قَرَأَ فِي أَصْلِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ وَحَدَّثَهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ابْنُهُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي ضَمْضَمٌ، عَنْ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو ظَبْيَةَ، أَنَّ عَمْرَو ابْنَ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ: يَوْمًا - وَقَامَ رَجُلٌ فَأَكْثَرَ الْقَوْلَ - فَقَالَ عَمْرٌو: لَوْ قَصَدَ فِي قَوْلِهِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَهُ، سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ، أَوْ أُمِرْتُ، أَنْ أَتَجَوَّزَ فِي الْقَوْلِ، فَإِنَّ الْجَوَازَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ»

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