9. Be an Intelligent by thinking before speaking

It is reported that Al-Hasan Al-Basrî – Allâh have mercy on him – said:

“The intelligent person’s tongue is behind his heart: when he

wants to speak, he first thinks. If [his words] will be in his favor,

he says them, and if they will be against him, he does not speak.

And the ignorant person’s heart is behind his tongue: when he

merely thinks of saying something, he says it, whether it is for or

against him.”

-[Abû Bakr Al-Daynûrî, Al-Mujâlasah wa Jawâhir Al-’Ilm article 2049]