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Safeguarding the tongue....
Aabidah
09/24/02 at 11:36:59
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The tongue is so dangerous because we can easily use it for the wrong purposes.  We gossip, backbite, lie, and commit other sins with our tongues.  SubhanAllah it is soo important to keep it in check and to try to protect and safeguard it.  Here are 15 ways of safeguarding the tongue.....InshaAllah it will be useful to those who read it.  

Safeguarding the Tongue

by Maulana Ashraf Ali Thanwi (Rahmatullahi alayhi)
Translated by Moulana M. Mahomedy.


1. Do not speak without thinking. Once you have pondered over what you wish
to say and you are convinced that it will not be badly received, only then
should you speak.

2. It is a sin to address a person or speak of him in the following terms:
"he has no Imaan", "may Allah's punishment, curse, or anger descend on him",
"may he enter hell", etc. It is a sin to speak in this manner irrespective
whether one is addressing a human or an animal. If the person who has been
addressed in this manner does not deserve such remarks, then all these
curses will actully descend on the person who uttered them.

3. If anyone addresses you in this useless manner, you have the right to
reply in the same way. However, you cannot exceed what that person says. If
you exceed, you will be committing a sin.

4. Do not be two-faced whereby you "play according to the tune" of one
person when you are in his company, and according to the "tune" of another
person when in the latter's company.

5. Don't ever back-bite. Nor should you listen to such back-biting and
tale-bearing.

6. Never ever speak a lie.

7. Do not praise a person directly. Nor should you exaggerate in praising
him in his absence.

8. Don't ever involve yourself in gheebah. Gheebah means speaking in the
absence of a person in such a way that if he were to hear it, he would be
grieved. This is irrespective of whether what you say is the truth or not.
If what you say is false, it is regarded as slander or defamation. This is
even more sinful.

9. Do not argue with a person. Do not try to give precedence to your
opinion.

10. Do not laugh excessively as this causes the illumination of the heart
(and countenance) to disappear.

11. If you have made gheebah of a person, seek his forgiveness. If you are
unable to do so, make dua-e-maghfirah on his behalf. In doing this, there is
a hope that you will be forgiven on the day of judgement.

12. Do not make false promises.

13. Do not laugh in such a way that the other person feels insulted or
offended. (In other words, do not laugh mockingly at anyone)

14. Do not be boastful of something that you own or some quality that you
possess.

15. Do not mention things that you hear from here and there because the
majority of such rumours are false.

[wlm]
Betul

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