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tabarani:8747 – ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Abū Nuʿaym > Sufyān > Yazīd b. Ḥayyān > ʿAnbas b. ʿUqbah > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] I heard Abdullah ibn Mas'ood saying, "There is nothing more deserving of long imprisonment than the tongue."  

الطبراني:٨٧٤٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ ثنا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَيَّانَ عَنْ عَنْبَسِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ يَقُولُ «مَا مِنْ شَيْءٍ أَحَقُّ بِطُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»  

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tabarani:8746 – Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Shuʿayb al-Simsār > Khālid b. Khirāsh > Fuḍayl b. ʿIyāḍ > Sulaymān al-Aʿmash > Yazīd b. Ḥayyān > ʿAnbas b. ʿUqbah

[Machine] "Abdullah said, 'There is nothing on earth that deserves a longer prison sentence than (the harm caused by) the tongue.'"  

الطبراني:٨٧٤٦ – حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ السِّمْسَارُ ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ خِرَاشٍ ثنا فُضَيْلُ بْنُ عِيَاضٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَيَّانَ عَنْ عَنْبَسِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ قَالَ

عَبْدُ اللهِ «مَا عَلَى الْأَرْضِ شَيْءٌ أَحَقُّ بِطُولِ سِجْنٍ مِنْ لِسَانٍ»