فوائد الصمت و قلة الكلام - دروس من حكم أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام الدرس (17)

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Our Master, the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said

I had a friend for the sake of God, and his head was great in the eyes of the smallness of this world until he said he was mostly silent

And when he spoke, he would not engage in disputes nor participate in calls

And he would not present an argument until he saw a judge

Our Master, the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, said, which is better: for a person to speak or to be silent?

Is the wisdom that says if speech is silver, then silence is golden?

Is it always a correct wisdom, or are there situations where speaking is required?

Is it possible that silence in certain situations turns into a crime?

A person must speak, but under what regulations?

What are the obligations that a person must adhere to? Truly

If we search in our daily lives

In addition to the narrations, if we find that this muscle inside the mouth, called the tongue

With which a person speaks, this muscle may be the most active muscle in the day

Of the voluntary muscles that a person uses with their hand, it is the most worked muscle; therefore, one of the punishments that were previously used by tyrants

Among them was the tyrant of Iraq; thank God we got rid of him, and one of the punishments was if someone called you something, they would cut off your tongue because cutting this tongue is a great punishment

They would cut off his tongue because cutting this tongue is a great punishment

And harm to this person and to life

The teachings of religion, as we mentioned, give a person wisdom, and wisdom means that there is a correct place for everything

There is nothing that is always correct; there is a place for everything

There is a place for laughter and a place for sadness

To place a place of sadness where there should be laughter is foolishness and folly

Likewise, wisdom is to know what are the places where silence is preferred

What are the places where speaking is preferred and why, and what are the harms associated with each, according to the narrations from the Ahl al-Bayt, peace be upon them

We mentioned in previous lessons that religion came to give a person a virtuous life and to prepare for the hereafter in this world as well

We mentioned in previous lessons that religion came to give man a virtuous life in this world as well as the hereafter.

The discussion is about the two aspects of guiding this person to perfection; I might elaborate on this introduction.

We have a standard based on which we diagnose this action like the legal standards.

Or based on this standard, we diagnose priorities, for example.

One might ask which is better, prayer or fasting.

You might say what do you mean by better; once you talk about the reward standard, this is a research topic.

This has more reward, but you also say that prayer has effects and benefits.

Fasting has effects and benefits, and all effects and benefits are required.

The effects of prayer cannot be achieved through fasting, and the effects of fasting cannot be achieved through prayer.

Here, the preference has no meaning because both are required.

It's like asking which is more important for a person, food or air.

How can I say that a person is dead if he doesn't eat? He will die without food.

This is a bit delayed; this is not accurate. So, we have one standard for our courses, and our understanding of the texts is in this sense.

Let's look at the narrations. How many narrations contain this meaning? I am only referring to the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him.