Give brief orders; speeches that are too long are likely to be forgotten.

Abu Bakr

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Topic

Brevity Battle War

Speaker

Abu Bakr

Source

Sayings of Abu Bakir

Statement Type

Advice

Language

Arabic

Time

634 630s 7th century

Occupation

Caliph Muslim

From

Saudi Arabia Middle East

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Bakr, Abu. Quoted in "Sayings of Abu Bakir." Examining Religions: Islam, written by Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood. Heinemann Educational, 2008.

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