Tongue Is Like A Lion—If You Let It Loose — It Will Wound Someone:
If you wish to speak then it is upon you to think before you speak. If you think there is good in it then speak and if not then do not speak.(Imam ash-Shafiee)
The Prophet (saw) said: "Affliction caused by the tongue is worse than (that caused by) the strike of the blade of a sword”.
Al-Bukhaari :6116 — narrated from Abu Hurayrah (May Allaah be pleased with him) that a man said to the Prophet (saw): Advise me. He(saw) said: “Do not get angry.” He repeated it several times, saying: “Do not get angry.”
We are also enjoined to Guard our Tongues. The Prophet (saw) said when he was advising Mu’aadh (May Allah be pleased with him) —“Restrain this,” i.e., your Tongue. I said: O Messenger of Allah, will we be called to account for what we say?
He(saw) said: “May your mother be bereft of you, O Mu’aadh! Will people be thrown in Hell on their faces or their noses for anything other than the harvest of their tongues?”
(Narrated by al-Tirmidhi; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth al-Saheehah : 772).
Being short-tempered and sharp-tongued are things that lead to destruction and destroy the basis of Family life.
So person with sharp- tongue should try to change his behavior and control his Tongue. He should turn to Allah and pray for guidance and develop good attitude and proper etiquette — For Allah is Ever-Near, Most Responsive.
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said, “Whoever Believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good or keep silent.”
If a person is good, it reflects in their saying. Allah has made it very easy For the Tongue to move, and it is not difficult to realize that a person’s tongue moves much more as if compared to the limbs.
So if a person is not careful about what he says, even a single saying of his can invalidate his actions. It is for this reason that the whole body warns the Tongue saying —“Fear Allah concerning us, for we are (dependant) upon you. If you are upright then we will be upright and if you are corrupt then we will be corrupt.”
[(Sunan at-Tirmidhi (1912), Mishkaat (4838) and Riyaadh as-Saleheen (2/1521)].
And at the same time — the Tongue is a great Blessing from Allah (swt). If we look at the animals, who are unable to speak, we realize the importance of this great tool of communication.
The Gratitude that we should show for this great blessing should include, using it for the obedience to Allah, for reading the Qur’aan, for seeking Knowledge, to enjoin good and Forbidding evil.
The prohibitions of the Tongue are that you do not lie, abuse, use foul language, backbite and slander.
The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: “Guard your tongue, stay in your homes and weep over your sins.”
[Related by Ibn Mubarak in az-Zuhd (no.134), Musnad Ahmed bin Hambal (5/259), Sunan at-Tirmidhi (2531) and authenticated by al-Albaanee in as-Saheehah (no.890)]
I ask Allah (swt) May He help us and you to do that which He loves and which pleases Him.
JazakAllah (May Allah reward you [with] goodness)for reading.
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