✍️Works of Ibn Abi al-Dunya

Silence and etiquette of the tongue

الصمت وآداب اللسان

Author: أبو بكر عبد الله بن محمد بن عبيد بن سفيان بن قيس البغدادي الأموي القرشي المعروف بابن أبي الدنيا (المتوفى: 281هـ) (d. 281)

About this work

هذا كتاب في الآداب الإسلامية، جمع فيه مؤلفه أبوابًا تتعلق بحفظ اللسان وفضل الصمت، وذم فضول الكلام والغيبة والنميمة والمراء والخصومات والكذب، مع بيان ما ينبغي للمسلم أن يتحلى به من الصدق والوفاء بالوعد وحفظ السر، وذلك كله مسندًا بأحاديث وآثار.

Translation

This is a book on Islamic etiquette, in which its author collected sections related to guarding the tongue and the virtue of silence, and condemning loose speech, backbiting, gossiping, hypocrisy, quarrels, and lying, while explaining what a Muslim should have of honesty, fulfillment of promises, and keeping secrets, all of which is supported by hadiths and narrations.

Topics covered

Silence for the son of the father of the world
Chapter on preserving the tongue and the virtue of silence
Chapter on the prohibition of idle talk and delving into falsehood
Chapter on the prohibition of talking about what does not concern you
Chapter on slandering women
Chapter on condemning concavity in speech
Chapter on denouncing discounts
Chapter on backbiting and its condemnation
Chapter on explaining backbiting
Chapter on backbiting, which it is permissible for its owner to speak about
Chapter on a Muslim lying about his brother’s honor
Chapter on slander
Chapter on slandering the two-tongued
Chapter: What the servants are forbidden from mocking one another
Chapter on expiation for backbiting
Chapter on condemning obscenity and obscenity
Chapter on what he was forbidden to speak
Chapter on slandering those who curse
Chapter on condemning joking
Chapter on keeping secrets
Chapter on lack of speech and reservation in logic
Chapter on honesty and its virtue
Chapter on fulfilling a promise
Chapter on the condemnation of lying
Chapter on slandering praisers

العزلة والانفراد