مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الآداب
The Book of Manners
(الصَّمْتُ أَفْضَلُ مِنْ عِبَادَةِ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً)
(Silence is better than sixty years of worship)
Hadith Number: 4865
4865 - وعن عمران بن حصين - رضي الله عنهما - ان رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - قال:"مقام الرجل بالصمت افضل من عبادة ستين سنة".
It is narrated from Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "A man's maintaining silence (from saying bad things) is better than sixty years of worship." Its chain is weak; it was narrated by Al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Iman.
تخریج الحدیث:
قال الشيخ زبير على زئي:إسناده ضعيف
