81. Heart Softeners

٨١۔ كتاب الرقاق

81.23 To protect one's tongue

٨١۔٢٣ باب حِفْظِ اللِّسَانِ

[Machine] "And whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent." And His saying, Exalted is He: "Not a word does one utter except that with him is a watcher, prepared."

«وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا، أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ». وَقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلاَّ لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ}.

bukhari:6475ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd > Ibn Shihāb > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good or keep quiet, and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should not hurt (or insult) his neighbor; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously."

البخاري:٦٤٧٥حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَصْمُتْ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلاَ يُؤْذِ جَارَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ

bukhari:6476Abū al-Walīd > Layth > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > Abū Shurayḥ al-Khuzāʿī

My ears heard and my heart grasped (the statement which) the Prophet ﷺ said, "The period for keeping one's guest is three days (and don't forget) his reward." It was asked, "What is his reward?" He said, "In the first night and the day he should be given a high class quality of meals; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, should entertain his guest generously; and whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should talk what is good (sense) or keep quiet."

البخاري:٦٤٧٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا لَيْثٌ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ قَالَ

سَمِعَ أُذُنَاىَ وَوَعَاهُ قَلْبِي النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ الضِّيَافَةُ ثَلاَثَةُ أَيَّامٍ جَائِزَتُهُ قِيلَ مَا جَائِزَتُهُ قَالَ يَوْمٌ وَلَيْلَةٌ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيُكْرِمْ ضَيْفَهُ وَمَنْ كَانَ يُؤْمِنُ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ فَلْيَقُلْ خَيْرًا أَوْ لِيَسْكُتْ

bukhari:6477Ibrāhīm b. Ḥamzah > Ibn Abū Ḥāzim > Yazīd > Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm > ʿĪsá b. Ṭalḥah al-Taymī > Abū Hurayrah

That he heard Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "A slave of Allah may utter a word without thinking whether it is right or wrong, he may slip down in the Fire as far away a distance equal to that between the east."

البخاري:٦٤٧٧حَدَّثَنِي إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ حَمْزَةَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عِيسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ التَّيْمِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ: «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مَا يَتَبَيَّنُ فِيهَا يَزِلُّ بِهَا فِي النَّارِ أَبْعَدَ مِمَّا بَيْنَ الْمَشْرِقِ.»

The danger of careless speech

bukhari:6478ʿAbdullāh b. Munīr > Abū al-Naḍr > ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿAbdullāh, yaʿnī Ibn Dīnār > Abīhi > Abū Ṣāliḥ > Abū Hurayrah

[AI] From the Prophet ﷺ, who said: "A servant may indeed speak a word pleasing to Allah ﷻ, paying it no attention, by which Allah ﷻ raises him degrees; and a servant may indeed speak a word that incurs Allah's displeasure, paying it no attention, by which he plunges into Hell."

البخاري:٦٤٧٨حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُنِيرٍ سَمِعَ أَبَا النَّضْرِ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي ابْنَ دِينَارٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ: «إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مِنْ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ لاَ يُلْقِي لَهَا بَالاً يَرْفَعُ اللَّهُ بِهَا دَرَجَاتٍ، وَإِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَتَكَلَّمُ بِالْكَلِمَةِ مِنْ سَخَطِ اللَّهِ لاَ يُلْقِي لَهَا بَالاً يَهْوِي بِهَا فِي جَهَنَّمَ.»