Ibn Ubayd said 'We visited Muhammad Ibn Suqah and he said, Shall I inform you of something which might avail you, because it has been of great help to myself ? He said Ata ibn Abu Rabah told us,
Sifat assafwah 2,213 Ibn alJawziPeople who were before you used to hate futile talk. They used to consider everything useless talk except the book of Allah, the sunnah of His messenger , enjoining good and forbidding evil and seeking ones living. Could you deny that over you there are appointed angels honorable angels in charge of you, one sitting on the right and one on the left, writing down all your deeds ? Are you not ashamed of yourself that most of your daily deeds have nothing to do with your religion or worldly gains but futile talks ?
