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tabarani:818Aḥmad b. Masʿūd al-Maqdisī > ʿAmr b. Abū Salamah > Ṣadaqah b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAlī al-Qurashī > Sulaymān b. Ḥabīb al-Muḥāribī > Aswad b. Aṣram al-Muḥāribī

[Machine] I said, "O Messenger of Allah, advise me." He said, "Do you have control over your hand?" I said, "What do I have control over if I don't have control over my hand?" He said, "Do you have control over your tongue?" I said, "What do I have control over if I don't have control over my tongue?" He said, "Do not extend your hand except for good, and do not speak with your tongue except in a good manner."  

الطبراني:٨١٨حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ الْمَقْدِسِيُّ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ثنا صَدَقَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْقُرَشِيِّ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ حَدَّثَنِي أَسْوَدُ بْنُ أَصْرَمَ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَوْصِنِي قَالَ «تَمْلِكُ يَدَكَ؟» قُلْتُ فَمَاذَا أَمْلِكُ إِذَا لَمْ أَمْلِكْ يَدِي؟ قَالَ «تَمْلِكُ لِسَانَكَ؟» قَالَ فَمَاذَا أَمْلِكُ إِذَا لَمْ أَمْلِكْ لِسَانِي؟ قَالَ «لَا تَبْسُطْ يَدَكَ إِلَّا إِلَى خَيْرٍ وَلَا تَقُلْ بِلِسَانِكَ إِلَّا مَعْرُوفًا»