Hazrat Mu'alla (may Allah be pleased with him) bin Ziyad narrates, he says that Hazrat Mawraq 'Ajli says: "There is a deed which I have been seeking for ten years, but I have not been able to achieve it. And I am not going to give up seeking it." Mu'alla (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: "O Abu al-Mu'tamir! What is that?" Mawraq replied: "Silence from useless speech."