A Practical Ritual for Seekers of Irfan!

Silence (avoiding void speech) is one of the fundamental principles of the path of Irfan. If a person does not avoid (void speech) then he will lose all the effects of the spiritual wealth that he has gained by taming the nafs.

For example, a person struggles with his nafs, recites zikr, completes the worships, if he remains silent, the effects will remain safe for him and the path to new spiritual opportunities open up to him.

If he doesn't remain silent, his entire struggle with his nafs will mess up, and every garbage and dirt of his nafs will multiply, his soul and its purification status become twice as polluted. At this stage, the seeker himself doesn't know the negative effects that he has suffered and then he questions himself why he is not progressing.

Allama Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Husayni Tihrani (ra)