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To not speak requires effort. For many of us not speaking requires much more effort than

speaking. For many of us to clothe our mouth requires a more jihad than opening

the mountain, blurting things out. And our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam reminded

us Mansaamata Najah. Memorize this beautiful Hadith. And from this obviously it was

the akhlaq of our Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam to maintain long periods of silence.

He wouldn't speak frequently. He wouldn't constantly be talking. Simaqibin Harb says,

I asked Jabi bin Samura, did you sit with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam? Were

you one of the sahabah? Jabi is one of the younger sahabah. He says, yes, I used to sit

with the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. And Waqanatawil Al-Samti Khalil Al-Bahiki.

He would be silent for a long period of time. And he would not laugh that much. And

the sahabah would be telling tales of their days of Jahiliya or saying something of poetry.

And they would laugh in his presence. And he would sometimes smile listening to them.

So he gives us a glimpse into the akhlaq of the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. He's

listening to them. He's allowing them to be merry and happy. He himself is adopting

longer periods of silence. And he's participating more with his presence and with his smiles.

A'isharad yallahu anha, the Prophet Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam, would speak in such a

manner if you wanted to count his words you could do so. He would speak in such a manner

when he said something. If you wanted to just count on your fingers, how much he spoke,

you could do so. In other words, when he spoke, it was poignant, succinct, short, concise.

It was to the point, and he didn't go longer and longer. And this has been a well-known

characteristic of the people of wisdom and knowledge. Even beyond our religion, it is

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