Not Speaking in Front of Elders The Salaf used to be careful not to speak in front of elders unless absolutely needed. Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh Al-Shaʿbī Muʿtamir b. Sulaymān Samurah b. Jundub Shaqīq b. Salamah Sufyān Al-Thawrī Sufyān b. ʿUyainah Zirr b. Ḥubaysh ʿAbdullāh b. Al-Mubārak Character Humbleness Knowledge Manners and Conduct Speech