General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
Sunan Abī Dāwūd 5008
لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَوْ أُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَتَجَوَّزَ فِي الْقَوْلِ فَإِنَّ الْجَوَازَ هُوَ خَيْرٌ
laqad raʾaytu aw umirtu an atajawwaza fī al-qawli fa-inna al-jawāza huwa khayrun
Transliteration generated from the Arabic vowel marks
The full narration
One day when a man got up and spoke at length Amr ibn al-'As said If he had been moderate in what he said:It would have been better for him. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: I think (or, I have been commanded) that I should be brief in what I say, for brevity is better
Source
Sunan Abī Dāwūd · 5008
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