“Some signs of understanding are: clemency, knowledge, and silence. Silence is one of the doors to wisdom. It brings about love and is evidence for all good.”

—  Ali al-Rida

Muhammad Kulayni, Usūl al-Kāfī, vol.2, p. 124.
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