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IF YOU CAN'T SAY GOOD ABOUT A PERSON DO NOT SAY IT

1563

“I (Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her, Mother of Believers) said to the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, ‘It is enough for you concerning Safia that she is such and such.’ The Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said, ‘You have uttered a phrase which would suffice to pollute an ocean.’

Lady Ayesha, related, ‘I mentioned something unpleasant about someone to the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him. He said, ‘I do not like to be told anything unpleasant about anyone even in return for so much and so much.’"

Abu Daud and Tirmidhi with a chain up to Lady Ayesha, wife of the Prophet, may Allah be pleased with her, Mother of Believers who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.