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tabarani:8536Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh > Saʿīd b. Manṣūr > Sufyān > Ismāʿīl b. Abū Khālid

[Machine] Ibn Mas'ud advised his son Abu Ubaidah with three words: "My son, I advise you with the fear of God, let your house be sufficient for you, and cry over your sins, and control your tongue."  

الطبراني:٨٥٣٦حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ قَالَ

أَوْصَى ابْنُ مَسْعُودٍ أَبَا عُبَيْدَةَ ابْنَهُ بِثَلَاثِ كَلِمَاتٍ «أَيْ بُنَيْ أُوصِيكَ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ وَأَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ»  


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tabarani:8753Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muʿāwiyah b. ʿAmr > Zāʾidah > ʿAbd al-Malik b. ʿUmayr > Āl ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh Awṣá Āb.ah ʿAbd al-Raḥman

[Machine] Abdullah advised his son Abdul Rahman saying, "I advise you to fear Allah, may your house suffice you, and cry over your sin, and I have control over your tongue."  

الطبراني:٨٧٥٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو ثنا زَائِدَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي آلُ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ أَوْصَى ابْنَهُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ فَقَالَ «أُوصِيكَ بِاتِّقَاءِ اللهِ وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ وَأَمْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ»