Abu Idrees Muhammad - Safeguard the tongue and private parts

It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrî -- Allâh have mercy on him -- said:
The intelligent person's tongue is behind his heart: when he wants to speak, he first thinks. If [his words] will be in his favor, he says them, and if they will be against him, he does not speak. And the ignorant person's heart is behind his tongue: when he merely thinks of saying something, he says it, whether it is for or against him.
Abû Bakr Al-Daynûrî, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawâhir Al-'Ilm article 2049.
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