Hadith (1) Imam Ali PBUH:

إیّاکَ وَ ما یَستَهجَنُ مِنَ الکَلامِ فَإنَّهُ یَحبِسُ عَلَیکَ اللِّئامَ وَ یُنَفِّرُ عَنک الکِرامَ

Avoid disgraceful speech, for it attracts the lowly toward you and repels the noble away from you.

📚 Tasnif Ghurar al-Hikam wa Durar al-Kalim, h4174, p214

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Hadith (2) Imam Sadiq PBUH:

إِنَّ لِلْمُؤْمِنِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ سَبْعَةَ حُقُوقٍ فَأَوْجَبُهَا أَنْ يَقُولَ الرَّجُلُ حَقّاً وَ إِنْ كَانَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَوْ عَلَى وَالِدَيْهِ فَلَا يَمِيلُ لَهُمْ عَنِ الْحَقِّ.

A believer has seven rights over another believer. Among them, the most obligatory is to speak the truth, even if it is against oneself or one’s parents, and must never deviate from the Truth for the sake of others.

📚 Mustadrak al-Wasa’il, Vol. 9, p45

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Hadith (3) Imam Ali PBUH:

الثَّنَاءُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنَ الِاسْتِحْقَاقِ مَلَقٌ وَ التَّقْصِيرُ عَنِ الِاسْتِحْقَاقِ عِيٌّ أَوْ حَسَدٌ.

Praising someone more than he deserves is flattery, while, withholding rightful praise is either speechlessness or envy.

📚 Nahj al-Balagha (Subhi Salih), p535, Maxim 347

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Hadith (4) Imam Baqir PBUH:

فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ قُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ حُسْناً قَالَ قُولُوا لِلنَّاسِ أَحْسَنَ مَا تُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُقَالَ لَكُمْ…

Regarding Allah’s verse, “Speak kindly to people” (Quran 2:83), he said: “Say to people the best of what you love to be said to you. For Allah despises the curser, the slanderer, the fault-finder toward believers, the obscene, the vulgar beggar—and loves the modest, the forbearing, the chaste, and the self-restrained.”

📚 Amali (Saduq), p254

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Hadith (5) Imam Sadiq PBUH:

الْكَلَامُ ثَلَاثَةٌ صِدْقٌ وَ كَذِبٌ وَ إِصْلَاحٌ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ…

Speech is of three types: truth, falsehood, and reconciliation between people. When asked, “What is reconciliation?” he replied: “If you hear someone speak ill of another, go to the latter and say, ‘I heard so-and-so speak good of you,’ even if it contradicts what you heard.”

📚 Al-Kafi (Islamiyya), Vol. 2, p341, h16

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Hadith (6) Imam Sadiq PBUH:

كَلامٌ فى حَقٍّ خَيرٌ مِن سُكوتٍ عَلى باطِلٍ؛

Speaking truth is better than staying silent over falsehood.

📚 Man La Yahduruh al-Faqih, Vol. 4, p396

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Hadith (7) Prophet Jesus PBUH:

خُذُوا الْحَقَّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَاطِلِ وَ لَا تَأْخُذُوا الْبَاطِلَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحَق‏ كُونُوا نُقَّادَ الْكَلَام‏

Take truth from the people of falsehood, but do not take falsehood from the people of truth. Be judges of speech.

📚 Mahasin, p230, h169

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Hadith (8) Prophet Muhammad PBUH:

مَن كان يُؤمِن بِاللّهِ وَ اليَومِ الآخِرِ، فَليَقُل خَيراً، أو ليَصمُت‏

Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let them speak good or remain silent.

📚 Al-Kafi (Islamiyya), Introduction, p6

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Hadith (9) Imam Baqir PBUH:

خُذُوا الْكَلِمَةَ الطَّيِّبَةَ مِمَّنْ قَالَهَا وَ إِنْ لَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِهَا

Accept good words from whoever speaks them, even if they do not act upon them.

📚 Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p291

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Hadith (10) Imam Ali PBUH:

اَدَّبْتُ نَفْسى فَما وَجَدْتُ لَها بِغَيرِ تَقْوَى الاْلهِ مِنْ اَدَبِ…

I disciplined my soul and found no better discipline than God-consciousness. If it falls short, silence is better than lying or slandering others—for Allah forbade this in His Books. O soul! If your speech is silver, silence is gold.

📚 Diwan Amir al-Mu’minin, p69

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Hadith (11) Prophet Muhammad PBUH:

إِيَّاكَ أَنْ تَضْحَكَ مِنْ غَيْرِ عَجَبٍ أَوْ تَمْشِيَ وَ تَتَكَلَّمَ فِي غَيْرِ أَدَبٍ.

Beware of laughing without astonishment, walking without purpose, or speaking without etiquette.

📚 I’lam al-Din, p273

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Hadith (12) Prophet Muhammad PBUH:

إِنَّ لِسَانَ الْمُؤْمِنِ وَرَاءَ قَلْبِهِ…

A believer’s tongue is behind their heart: they reflect before speaking. A hypocrite’s tongue is ahead of their heart: they speak without reflection.

📚 Tanbih al-Khawatir, Vol. 1, p106

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Hadith (13) Imam Sajjad PBUH:

اَلْمُؤْمِنُ يَصمُتُ لِيَسلَمَ وَ يَنطِقُ لِيَغنَمَ

A believer is silent to remain safe and speaks to gain benefit.

📚 Al-Kafi (Islamiyya), Vol. 2, p231

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Hadith (14) Imam Ali PBUH:

لا تَقُل ما لا تُحِبُّ أن يُقالَ لَكَ؛

Do not say what you dislike to be said about you.

📚 Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p74

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Hadith (16) Prophet Muhammad PBUH:

إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ‏ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ…

The best speech is the Book of Allah, the best guidance is Muhammad’s, and the worst matters are religious innovations.

📚 Amali (Tusi), p337

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Hadith (17) Prophet Muhammad PBUH:

خَيرُ القُلوبِ اَوعاها لِلخَيرِ…

The best heart is one filled with goodness: whether it speaks or stays silent, it is rewarded.

📚 Ja’fariyat (Ash’athiyat), p168

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Hadith (18) Imam Husayn PBUH:

لا تَقولَنَّ فى اَخيكَ المُؤمِنِ…

Do not say about your believing brother what you would hate to be said about you.

📚 Bihar al-Anwar (Beirut), Vol. 75, p127

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Hadith (19) Imam Ali PBUH:

اِذا حَسُنَ الخُلقُ لَطُفَ النُّطقُ؛

He peace be upon Him said: When character is refined, speech becomes soft.

📚 Tasnif Ghurar al-Hikam, p255, h5385

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Hadith (20) Zayd ibn Thabit:

كُنَّا إِذَا جَلَسْنَا إِلَيْهِ ص إِنْ أَخَذْنَا فِي حَدِيثٍ…

When we sat with the Prophet PBUH, he joined us in discussing the Hereafter, worldly matters, or even food and drink.

📚 Makarim al-Akhlaq, p21

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Hadith (21) Imam Baqir PBUH:

قولوا لِلنّاسِ اَحسنَ ما تُحِبُّونَ اَن یُقالَ لَکم؛

Say to people the best of what you love to hear.

📚Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p300; Amali (Saduq), p254; Tafsir al-‘Ayyashi, Vol. 1, p48

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Hadith (22) Imam Baqir PBUH:

خُذُوا الکَلِمَهَ الطَّیِبَهِ مِمَّن قالَها وَ اِن لَم یَعمَل بِها؛

Accept good words from whoever speaks them, even if they do not act upon them.

📚Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p291; Bihar al-Anwar (Beirut), Vol. 75, p170

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Hadith (23) Imam Musa al-Kadhim PBUH:

قِلَّهُ المَنطِقِ حُکم عَظیمٌ…

Speaking less is great wisdom. Adopt silence, for it brings peace, reduces sin, and lightens burdens.

📚Tuhaf al-‘Uqul, p394; Bihar al-Anwar (Beirut), Vol. 75, p170

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Hadith (24) Imam Sadiq PBUH:

أَصْدَقَ الْقَوْلِ وَ أَبْلَغَ الْمَوْعِظَةِ…

The truest speech, the most profound advice, and the finest narrative is the Book of Allah.

📚Man La Yahduruh al-Faqih, Vol. 4, p402, h5868

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