*Whenever you speak, then do not speak in such a low voice that the sound does not reach the listener, or that he does not understand your words. Conversely, one should not speak in a very loud voice lest the Islamic brother who is listening falls into difficulty or feels discomfort. Therefore, whenever speaking, take special care to speak in a moderate voice so that the listener can understand your words and others are not made to feel uncomfortable either.

   *Whenever you wish to explain a matter to someone, there is no harm in repeating your words two or three times and neither does this fall into useless speech when this is the purpose. In fact, explaining something to a person in a proper manner and to repeat it more than once so that they may remember it is a beautiful quality of our Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم.

   *It is better for one to adopt silence than to speak needlessly, for there is no goodness in useless speech, and useless speech often becomes a cause of regret. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would remain silent most of the time, however, by no means does this mean that a person prevent himself from reciting Zikrullah with his tongue, giving the call to righteousness, preventing evil, or other similar righteous actions.

What is the meaning of remaining silent?

Hakeem-ul-Ummat Mufti Ahmad Yar Khan Na’eemi رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه states the following: The meaning of silence is to remain quiet regarding worldly matters, otherwise, the noble tongue of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would remain moist with the Zikr of Allah Almighty. He صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم would not converse with people without reason, and this is in relation to permissible speech; as for impermissible speech, then that was never heard from his blessed tongue his entire life. Lying, backbiting, tale-telling and other impermissible speech was not to be found, even once, on his blessed tongue during his entire life. The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم is truth from head-to-toe, how then could falsehood touch him? A java plum is not found on a