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ahmad-zuhd:545 – ʿAbdullāh > Bī > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Abū Najīḥ from his father

[Machine] "Ya'nī Luqman, 'assamt alhikmah waqalīl fa'īluhu'" translates to "Luqman meant that silence is wisdom, and few practice it."

الزهد لأحمد:٥٤٥ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا أبِي حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ

يَعْنِي لُقْمَانَ «الصَّمْتُ حِكْمَةٌ وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ»

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suyuti:11236a –
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السيوطي:١١٢٣٦a –

"الصَّمْتُ حُكْمٌ وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ ".

[عد] ابن عدى في الكامل [هب] البيهقى في شعب الإيمان عن أَنس، العسكري في الأَمثال، وأَبو بكر بن المقرى عن ابن عمر