Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, related that the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, warned: “One might utter a word thinking it to be trivial and sinks [because of it] in Hell further than the distance of the east”; the wording reported by Muslim, may Allaah have mercy upon him, states: “farther than the distance between the east and west.” Ibn ‘Abdul-Barr, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said, that an example of such a word “is what a person utters before an unjust ruler [in order to please him].” In another version of the Hadeeth, the Prophet, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, mentioned that it may be “a word that he does not understand”, meaning he is unaware of whether it is good or bad, as explained by Shaykh Al-‘Izz ibn ‘Abdus-Salaam, who added, “Hence, it is prohibited for a Muslim to speak any [such] word.” Commenting on this Hadeeth, An-Nawawi, may Allaah have mercy upon him, said, “[It] encourages a man to watch his tongue. If a person wants to say something, he should think of, and fully grasp, what it is before he utters a word. If he finds that there is benefit in it, he should say it, otherwise, he should hold his tongue.”
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 17:18:24 +0000
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