Not indulging in vain talk, or wishing anyone ill
Al-Risala (English), December 1989, p. 12
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Not indulging in vain talk, or wishing anyone ill.
1989 12 December 12 Not indulging in vain talk, or wishing anyone ill. (69) When people came to visit Abu Dujanah as he lay on his death bed, and saw that despite his sickness, his face was shining, they asked him how it was that his face was so radiant. Abu Dujanah replied: “I place reliance on two things more than on any others. For one, I did not indulge in vain talk; for another my heart was free from ill-feeling towards Muslims.

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