Chapter 338: About the orbiddance of Keeping silent for a Day

Translation: [ Keeping silent for a day was one of the evil practices of the pre-Islam era people. On the advent of Islam, it abrogated this erring practice and imposed remembering Allah and uttering good utterance in its stead.

Translation: Now, let us read what Imam Al-Nawawi compiled in the same concern.]

Translation: 1047. Narrated Qays ibn Abu-Hazem; ' Abu-Bakr entered on a woman from the Ahmas tribe who shunned talking. He asked About her silence cause and they informed him that she vowed to perform Hajj keeping silent. Abu-Bakr said to her; ' Speak. For this is unlawful. This is a ritual of the pre-Islam era people's practices... so, she spoke. '