ولا يتكلم إلا بخير، ويكره له الصمت.
Translation: He should speak only what is good, and adopting silence as a devotional practice is disliked.
Good speech includes remembrance, recitation, learning and useful conversation. Ṣamt here does not forbid ordinary quietness; it warns against treating a deliberate vow-like silence as an independent devotional act.
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Bab al-Iʿtikaf: Rules, Restrictions, Invalidation and Vows
ولا يتكلم إلا بخير، ويكره له الصمت.
Translation: He should speak only what is good, and adopting silence as a devotional practice is disliked.
Good speech includes remembrance, recitation, learning and useful conversation. Ṣamt here does not forbid ordinary quietness; it warns against treating a deliberate vow-like silence as an independent devotional act.