بِسْــــــــــــــــــمِ اﷲِالرَّحْمَنِ اارَّحِيم
The Importance of Holding One's Tongue
1. Every legally responsible person should refrain from saying
anything except when there is a clear advantage to speaking.
whenever speaking and not speaking are of equal benefit, it
is sunnah to remain silent, for permissible speech easily leads
to that which is haraam (unlawful) or makrooh (offensive), as
actually happens much or even most of the time --and there
is no substitute for safety.
Abu Hurairah (R.A) related that the Prophet (S.A.W) said:
"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say
what is good or remain silent."
Bukhari and Muslim
This hadith , is an explicit legal text indicating that a person should
not speak unless what he intends to say is good, meaning that the
benefit of it is apparent to him. Whenever one doubts that there is
a clear advantage, one should not speak.
Imam Shafi'i (R.A.A) said, "when one wishes to speak, one must
first reflect, and if there is a clear interest to be served by speaking,
one speaks, while if one doubts it, one remains silent until the
advantage becomes apparent."
The Prophet صلى الله علىه وسلم :
(a)"O Messenger of Allah, which of the muslim is
best ?" and he said, " He who the muslims are safe
from his tongue and his hand."
(b) "A servant unthinkingly says something pleasing
to Allah Most High for which Allah raise him whole
degrees. And a servant unthinkingly says something
detested by Allah Most High for which he plunges
into hell."
(c) " The excellence of a person's Islam includes
leaving what does not concern him."
(d) " Do not speak much without mentioning Allah
( dhikr), for too much speech without mentioning
Allah hardens the heart, and hard-hearted are the
farthest of all people from Allah Most High."
(e) " All of a human being's words count against
him and not for him, except commanding the right,
forbidding the wrong, and the mention of Allah
Most High (dhikr)."
Abul Qasim Qushayri (R.A.A) said, " Safety lies in
remaining silent, which should be one's basis. Silence
at the appropriate time is the mark of men, just as
speech at the appropriate time is one of the finest
qualities. I have heard Abu ' Ali Daqqaq (R.A.A)
say, 'He who is silent when something should be
said is a tongueless villain' "
This is something I learned about 8 years ago in my madarasa from the book ' RELIANCE OF THE TRAVELLER' and it has benefitted me a lot and I though I'll share it with You all. It is quite long so I though I'll break it down to few part.
The Importance of Holding One's Tongue
1. Every legally responsible person should refrain from saying
anything except when there is a clear advantage to speaking.
whenever speaking and not speaking are of equal benefit, it
is sunnah to remain silent, for permissible speech easily leads
to that which is haraam (unlawful) or makrooh (offensive), as
actually happens much or even most of the time --and there
is no substitute for safety.
Abu Hurairah (R.A) related that the Prophet (S.A.W) said:
"Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him say
what is good or remain silent."
Bukhari and Muslim
This hadith , is an explicit legal text indicating that a person should
not speak unless what he intends to say is good, meaning that the
benefit of it is apparent to him. Whenever one doubts that there is
a clear advantage, one should not speak.
Imam Shafi'i (R.A.A) said, "when one wishes to speak, one must
first reflect, and if there is a clear interest to be served by speaking,
one speaks, while if one doubts it, one remains silent until the
advantage becomes apparent."
The Prophet صلى الله علىه وسلم :
(a)"O Messenger of Allah, which of the muslim is
best ?" and he said, " He who the muslims are safe
from his tongue and his hand."
(b) "A servant unthinkingly says something pleasing
to Allah Most High for which Allah raise him whole
degrees. And a servant unthinkingly says something
detested by Allah Most High for which he plunges
into hell."
(c) " The excellence of a person's Islam includes
leaving what does not concern him."
(d) " Do not speak much without mentioning Allah
( dhikr), for too much speech without mentioning
Allah hardens the heart, and hard-hearted are the
farthest of all people from Allah Most High."
(e) " All of a human being's words count against
him and not for him, except commanding the right,
forbidding the wrong, and the mention of Allah
Most High (dhikr)."
Abul Qasim Qushayri (R.A.A) said, " Safety lies in
remaining silent, which should be one's basis. Silence
at the appropriate time is the mark of men, just as
speech at the appropriate time is one of the finest
qualities. I have heard Abu ' Ali Daqqaq (R.A.A)
say, 'He who is silent when something should be
said is a tongueless villain' "
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This is something I learned about 8 years ago in my madarasa from the book ' RELIANCE OF THE TRAVELLER' and it has benefitted me a lot and I though I'll share it with You all. It is quite long so I though I'll break it down to few part.
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