Hadith #5008General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab) · Narrated by Abdullah bin Mubarak عبد الله بن المبارك, Abdur Rahman bin al-Aswad, Abu Bakr bin 'Abdur Rahman أبو بكر بن عبد الرحمن بن الحارث بن هشام, Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة, al-Zuhri ابن شهاب الزهري, محمد بن مسلم, Marwan bin al-Hakam bin Abi al-'As, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Yonus bin Yazid bin Abi al-Nijad يونس بن يزيد بن أبي النجاد · Hasan
It would have been better for him. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: I think (or, I have been commanded) that I should be brief in what I say, for brevity is better.