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.