Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 56, Hadith 3

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرٌ، عَنْ لَيْثٍ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ‏:‏ لاَ خَيْرَ فِي فُضُولِ الْكَلامِ‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Musaddad related to us: Mu‘tamir related to us, from Layth, from ‘Ata’, from Abu Hurayrah, who said: ‘There is no good in superfluous speech.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • فضول الكلام means surplus or unnecessary talk.