Madinat al-Muslimeen Islamic Message Board

A R C H I V E S

FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT CONTROL THEIR TONGUES!!!

Madina Archives


Madinat al-Muslimeen Islamic Message Board

FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT CONTROL THEIR TONGUES!!!
Road2Jannah
03/12/02 at 07:42:14
[slm] all. I hope the title wasnt offensive by any chance  ???. This is a cool article i came across, it really helps. Try it inshallah
;D
The Triple Filter!

During the golden Abbasid period, one of the scholars in Baghdad, the capital of Muslim caliphate at that time, was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great scholar and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?"

"Hold on a minute," the scholar replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test."

"Triple filter?"

"That's right," the scholar continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you're going to say. That's why I call it the triple filter test. The first filter is Truth. Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true?"

"No," the man said, "actually I just heard about it and..."

"All right," said the scholar. "So you don't really know if it's true or not. Now let's try the second filter, the filter of Goodness. Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good?" "No, on the contrary......"

"So," the scholar continued, "you want to tell me something bad about him, but you're not certain it's true. You may still pass the test though, because there's one filter left: the filter of Usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me?"

"No, not really."

"Well," concluded the scholar, "if what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all?"

"O ye who believe! Let not some men among you laugh at others: It may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women laugh at others: It may be that the (latter are better than the (former): Nor defame nor be sarcastic to each other, nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames: Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness, (to be used of one) after he has believed: And those who do not desist are (indeed) doing wrong."  [Surah al-Hujurat 49.012 ]  [slm] :-)
Re: FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT CONTROL THEIR TONGUES!!!
ahmer
03/12/02 at 20:25:33
subhan 'Allah wa jazaka'Allah khayrun kaseeran...
ma'salam
ahmer
Re: FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT CONTROL THEIR TONGUES!!!
bhaloo
03/12/02 at 20:52:45
[slm]

I really liked the article, alhumdullilah, what a good reminder.
Re: FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT CONTROL THEIR TONGUES!!!
Kathy
03/19/02 at 19:34:46
[slm]

[]I had sent this to many of my friends.

:oImagine my surprise last night,at the PTA meeting, when they read it as an inspirational!

([i] PTA- Parent Teacher Association[/i])

:-)
Re: FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT CONTROL THEIR TONGUES!!!
bhaloo
03/20/02 at 08:59:26
[slm]

Woah, really?  Including the verse from the Quran?
Re: FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT CONTROL THEIR TONGUES!!!
Kathy
03/20/02 at 11:28:05
[slm]

No! Shoot- I did not send that part, sigh, I goofed, May Allah swt forgive me...
Re: FOR THOSE WHO CAN NOT CONTROL THEIR TONGUES!!!
Caraj
03/21/02 at 00:52:30
Thank You for sharing this with us, I will be passing it on to my friends.

Kathy, it being shared at the PTA meeting is cool   :-/


Madinat al-Muslimeen Islamic Message Board
A R C H I V E S

Individual posts do not necessarily reflect the views of Jannah.org, Islam, or all Muslims. All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. Comments are owned by the poster and may not be used without consent of the author.
The rest © Jannah.Org