Hadith 1478

Anas (RAA) narrated that Allah's Messenger (P.B.U.H.) said, “Keeping silent is considered as (an act of`) wisdom, but very few practice it.” Related by Al-Baihaqi in his book Shu'ab al-Iman with a weak chain of narrators a he deemed the sound view is that it is traced back to one of the companions who quoted it from Luqman Al-Hakim.

وَعَنْ أَنَسٍ ‏- رضى الله عنه ‏- قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-{ اَلصَّمْتُ حِكْمَةٌ, وَقَلِيلٌ فَاعِلُهُ } أَخْرَجَهُ اَلْبَيْهَقِيُّ فِي" اَلشُّعَبِ" بِسَنَدٍ ضَعِيفٍ.‏ <sup>1</sup>‏ <br> وَصَحَّحَ أَنَّهُ مَوْقُوفٌ مِنْ قَوْلِ لُقْمَانَ اَلْحَكِيمِ.‏ <sup>2</sup>‏ .‏