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[Machine] Sulaiman said to his son, "Beware of gossip, for it is like the cutting edge of a sword."  

الزهد لأحمد:٤٦٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي الْحَكَمُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا هِقْلٌ عَنِ الْأَوْزَاعِيِّ عَنْ يَحْيَى قَالَ

قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ لِابْنِهِ يَا بُنَيَّ إِيَّاكَ وَالنَّمِيمَةَ؛ فَإِنَّهَا كَحَدِّ السَّيْفِ