Why Do You Not Speak?

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

                                         عَنْ بشر أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لَهُ: أَلا تُحَدِّث؟ قَالَ: أَنا أَشْتَهِي أَنْ أُحَدِّثَ, , وَإِذَا اشْتَهَيْتُ شَيْئًا تَرَكْتُهُ   

It was said to Bashr ⁽¹⁾ "Do you not engage in speech?" So he said " I desire to speak, and anything that I desire, I leave it ⁽²⁾."

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(1) - He is Shaikh al-Islaam, the imaam, muhaddith, ascetic, nurturer, example to be followed, Abu Nasr Bashr bin al-Haarith al-Maroozee al-Baghdaadee. He was born 152 after the hijrah. al-Imaam ath-Thahabee said that he used to be very critical of himself and he was from the foremost people in piety and sincerity. As a result of that he subsequently buried his books. He died on yaum al-Jum'ah in the month of Rabee'ah al-Awwal in the year 227 after hijrah at the age 75 years old. [Seer A'alaam an-Nublaa 10/469&476]



(2) - Taken from Where are we from the manners of the Salaf? By Abdul-al-Azeez bin Naasir al-Jaleel and Bihaa ad-Deen bin Faalih 'Aqeel. And its' original source is from Siyar A'lam an-Nubala 10/470.




taken from: http://albaseerah.org/forum/showthread.php?t=2779

-Samiha