Assalamualaikum In the famous hadith that we’ve all heard before, the Prophet ﷺ said: من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيرا أو ليصمت “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day let him speak good or remain silent.” [Bukhari and Muslim] When looking at the Arabic language, this hadith is very powerful. The first thing that we notice in the Arabic narration is that the Prophet ﷺ uses “laam al-amr” – the laam of command in the words, Falyaqul and li-yasmut. He is not only advising the believers to speak good or remain silent, but rather it is an order and a command to either speak what is good or keep silent. The second powerful aspect of this hadith is the choice of words. In this narration, the Prophet ﷺ says, speak good or “li-yasmut.” However in another narration, the Prophet ﷺ says, speak good or “li-yaskut.” Yasmut is from the root samt, and yaskut is from the root sukoot; both are translated as silence, but what is the difference between these two and which is more powerful? Many times these words are used interchangeably, but there is a significant difference between sukoot and samt. Sukoot is when someone is silent but they still have the ability to speak; they choose to be silent. Samt is when someone is silent because they do not have the ability to speak, such as a mute person. This type of silence is not from free will; rather it is as if they do not have a tongue, and silence is their only option. In the first narration the Prophet ﷺ uses samt - he says we should speak good; but if we have nothing good to say, then we should be like the one who does not have the ability to speak – remaining silent is all that he can do Oh God please help us to speak good or remain silent as if we dont have ability to speak Ameen
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:54:22 +0000
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