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| story: tongue and heart |
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| amatullah |
| 02/03/04 at 12:13:51 |
| Luqman was an Abyssinian slave carpenter. His master ordered him one day to slay a sheep, he did. Then his master asked him to bring him the best two parts of the sheep. He brought to him its tongue and its heart. After a few days he ordered him again to slay a sheep and bring him the worst two parts of the sheep. He did, and brought him its tongue and its heart. His master then said to him, "When I asked you to bring me the best two pieces of the sheep you gave me its tongue and its heart; and when I asked you to bring me the worst two parts of the sheep you again gave me its tongue and its heart!" Luqman explained, "Nothing is better than the tongue and the heart when they are good, and nothing is worse than the tongue and the heart if they are bad" [Abu Dawood, Daleel al-Saileen, p 125] May Allah the Almighty wash away our sins with the water, snow and hail; purify our tongues and our hearts as a white garment is cleansed of dirt, and put distance between us and our sins, as He puts distance between the east and the west, ameen |
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