All praise is due to Allah, Lord of all the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon the Messenger, his household and companions.
Fellow Muslims! Fear Allah as He should be feared, for
that is the best provision and leads to pleasant end. Allah says, “The
good end is for those who are pious.” (Hud 11:49)
Dear Muslims! The uttered word is an expression of
what is in the heart. It is an indication of one’s intellect and origin.
The mouth of wise person is put under the rein, if he attempts to talk
he does so cautiously but the mouth of the ignorant one is let loose, he
talks whenever he wants. The wise person is the one who always keeps
silent except for a truth he wants to explain, a falsehood he wants to
repel, a righteousness he wants to spread, a knowledge he wants to
mention or a favour he wants to show its gratitude. Abu Hurayrah
narrated that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “Whoever believes in Allah
and the Last Day should utter only good words or keep quiet.”
(Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
It is by shunning idle-talk that intelligence is perfected. Keeping quiet is better than uttering falsehood. Being unable to talk is better than speaking falsehood. The worst of all people is the one who is biased in his speech, deviated in his tongue and mischievous in his utterances. The worst of all speech is that which goes against the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. The worst speech is that which is disgusting to the nature and abhorrent to the ear.
Fellow Muslims! Stumbling of the tongue leads to regret. Corrupt speech has no control or order. It is a sign of deprivation and disappointment. ‘Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,, “A man utters a word in which he sees no harm but which could plunge him into the Hell-Fire for seventy years.”(At-Tirmidhi)
And according to Ibn Maajah, The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “One of you may utter a word of what pleases Allah without him knowing how excellent the word is and for which he will continue to attain Allah’s pleasure until the day he will meet Him. And someone among you may utter a word that displeases Allah without him knowing how grievous the word is and on account of which he will continue to earn Allah’s wrath until the day he will meet Him.”
Mu’aadh ibn Jabal narrated that he asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), “Would we be held responsible for what we utter?” The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) replied, “May your mother be bereaved of you, O Mu’aadh! Are people cast to Hell except on account of the earnings of their tongues?” (At-Tirmidhi)
The good word is rewardable and the evil word is a sin. Allah lays example for both in His glorious Book when He says, “See you not how Allah sets forth a parable? A goodly word as a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the sky (i.e. very high). Giving its fruit at all times, by the Leave of its Lord and Allah sets forth parables for mankind in order that they may remember. And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree uprooted from the surface of earth having no stability.” (Ibraheem 14:24-26)
The most pleasant word is to testify that there is no deity worth of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). It is the statement of Islam and the most truthful word. It is the greatest proof, the strongest handhold and the statement of piety. It is the just word that protects the wealth and blood. Its conditions are:
-knowledge of the word
-having certain belief in it
-accepting it wholeheartedly
-submitting to all that it necessitates
-saying it truthfully
-being sincere with it; and
-loving it and all that it entails.
The meaning of this word is: there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah; prostration, slaughter and vowing should be done for Allah alone. Swearing should be done only in His Name. He alone should be sought for refuge in times of difficulties. It is forbidden to seek assistance from a dead or an absent creature or to seek assistance from anyone or anything besides Him in things that He alone can do.
All legally obligated Muslims should purify the acts of worship for Allah alone. Whoever performs an act of worship in order to gain the wealth of this world or in order to be praised or in order to show off and boast, will have the act of worship rejected. The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Allah the Most High and Exalted said: I am the One, One Who does not stand in need of a partner. If anyone does anything in which he associates anyone else with Me, I shall abandon him with one whom he associates with Me.” (Muslim)
He also said that the best word of remembrance is to say: Laa ilaaha illaa Allaah.” (At-Tirmidhi)
Dear Muslims! Let your tongues be filled in the morning, in the evening and during the noon with glorifying Allah, reciting statement of Tawheed, and praising Him. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “Saying: Subhaanallaah, wal-hamdulillaah, walaa ilaaha illalLaah, wallaahu akbar is dearer to me than this world and all that is in it.” (Muslim)
He also said, “Whoever makes his last word ‘laa ilaaha illalLaah’ shall enter Paradise.” (Ahmad and Abu Daawood)
“To Him ascend (all) the goodly words; and the righteous deeds exalt it (i.e. the goodly words are not accepted by Allah unless and until they are followed by good deeds).” (Fatir 35:10)
“And they are guided (in this world) unto goodly speech (i.e. La ilaha ill-Allah, Alhamdu lillah, recitation of the Quran, etc.) and they are guided to the Path of Him (i.e. Allah’s religion of Islamic Monotheism), Who is Worthy of all praises.” (Al-Hajj 22:24)
Fellow Muslims! As for the filthy word, it is a word of disbelief in Allah. It is to utter what negates belief and submission to Allah; it is to mock the religion and attack it. Whoever mocks Allah or His signs or His command or His reward or His punishment; or mocks His Messenger Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him or mocks anything of Islamic rules has gone out of the fold of Islam. Such a person has renounced faith and become a disbeliever after he had been a Muslim. Allah says, “Say: “Was it at Allah (glorified and exalted be He), and His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and His Messenger (peace be upon him) that you were mocking?” Make no excuse; you disbelieved after you had believed.” (At-Tawbah 9:65-66)
Allah also says, “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (bad), but really they said the word of disbelief, and they disbelieved after accepting Islam.” (At-Tawbah 9:74)
Anyone who regards implementation of Allah’s law and the Sunnah of His Messenger as narrow-mindedness, cultural and intellectual rigidity, autocratic monopolization or a clerical path has uttered a destructive word of disbelief and has committed one of the major sins. Hypocrisy is shown vividly in the tone of their speech however hard they try to feign reform and good intention. Allah shall reveal what they hide in their hearts. Allah says, “Or do those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) think that Allah will not bring to light all their hidden ill-wills? Had We willed, We could have shown them to you, and you should have known them by their marks, but surely, you will know them by the tone of their speech!” (Muhammad 47:29-30)
Their words and thoughts are wretched and senseless jabbers that indicate their inner corruption and their hidden deception. Allah says, “The hypocrites, men and women, are from one another; they enjoin (on the people) Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief and polytheism of all kinds and all that Islam has forbidden), and forbid (people) from Al-Ma’ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do), and they close their hands (from giving meaning spending in Allah’s Cause). They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them. Verily, the hypocrites are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).” (At-Tawbah 9:67)
O Muslims! The word of excessive transgression that no one can utter it but the doomed, the ignorant and the losing erroneous is the word of polytheism that is the greatest lie and falsehood.
Whoever claims that it is lawful to seek help by the souls of the dead or to seek assistance from the dead or claims that the dead have any say in the universe or in its affairs or that they have the knowledge of the unseen or claims that they come out of their graves with their bodies and souls to help a distressed and rescue the drowned is a fool who commits an excessive transgression and lie against Allah. He has spread the worst falsehood and prevented people from the straight path. He is a caller to superstition and does not give Allah His due estimation nor fear Him.
Allah says, “Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead mankind astray without knowledge. Certainly Allah guides not the people who are Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).” (Al-An’aam 6:144)
Calling upon the dead during afflictions for one’s needs or to remove distress is a clear act of shirk and disbelief. This is the very act the Messenger of came to eradicate and to protect the Ummah from its evils. Abu Tameemah narrated from a man among his people who said, “I was there when a man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: “Are you Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet answered in the affirmative. He then asked, “What are you calling to?” The Prophet said, “I am calling unto Allah alone Whom you call when a calamity befalls you and He removes it; when you suffer from drought and you call Him, He grows food for you; and when you are in a desolate land or in a desert and your she-camel strays and you call Him, He returns it to you.” The man then embraced Islam. (Ahmad and Abu Daawood)
Dear Muslims! The word of iniquity means: inclining towards sins, renouncing uprightness, persisting in evils, spreading immoral words and promoting vicious sound that encourages immorality.
The sincere servants of Allah do not tarnish themselves with idle and immoral talk. They do not boast with sins, because when sins are pronouncedly committed they are spread. And if they are not discouraged they bring about punishment, loss and perdition. Allah says, “And when We decide to destroy a town (population), We (first) send a definite order (to obey Allah and be righteous) to those among them (or We (first) increase in number those of its population) who lead a life of luxury. Then, they transgress therein, and thus the word (of torment) is justified against it (them). Then We destroy it with complete destruction.” (Al-Israa 17:16)
Zainab bint Jahsh, the wife of Allah’s Apostle (ra), reported that one day Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) came out in a state of excitement with his face quite red. And he was saying: There is no god but Allah; there is destruction in store for Arabia because of the turmoil which is near at hand. Today, the barrier of Gog and Magog has been opened like this [explaining that with] making a ring with his thumb and index finger. I said: Allah’s Messenger, would we be destroyed despite the fact that there would be pious people amongst us? He said: Yes, when the evil would predominate.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) also said, “If acts of disobedience are done among any people and they do not change them though they are able to do so, Allah will soon punish them all.” (Abu Daawood)
And he said, “Allah does not punish the populace because of the sin committed by the leaders until they see it vividly and publicly been committed in their midst and they fail to criticize it though they are able to do so. If they then do so [i.e. fail to criticize it], Allah will punish them all.” (Ahmad)
Therefore, repel punishments and afflictions by condemning vices and keeping away from unlawful things. Beware of boasting with acts of disobedience. Bring about blessings by shunning things that remove them or diminish them. .
Giving sincere admonition to the rulers and scolars is certainly obligatory and criticizing them concerning things that contradict the Shariah is also a necessary religious obligation. However, this should be done with wisdom, better admonition and with the right knowledge. Supplication should be made for their uprightness and safety; and the Muslims should bear their acts of injustice with patience.
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “The best of your rulers are those whom you love and who love you, who invoke Allah’s blessings upon you and you invoke His blessings upon them. And the worst of your rulers are those whom you hate and who hate you and whom you curse and who curse you. It was asked (by those present): Shouldn’t we overthrow them with the help of the sword? He said: No, as long as they establish prayer among you. If you then find anything detestable in them, you should hate their administration, but do not withdraw yourselves from their obedience.” (Muslim)
O Muslims! Fear Allah, be conscious of Him and obey Him. Know that there are two noble angels who write down your sayings and record all your utterances. Allah says, “Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).” (Qaaf 50:18)
The Muslim is the one from the harm of whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe. The one who gossips, slanders and spreads unfounded rumours that cause division and hatred among people is threatened with the punishment of Hell and horrible fate. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “The one who gossips shall not enter Paradise.”
Backbiting, scorning and slandering people are like eating the carcass and putrid things. The punishment for doing so is severe and the end of those who engage in such vicious acts is terrible. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “When I was taken up to the heaven, I passed by a people who had nails of copper and were scratching their own faces and breasts. I asked about these people and Angel Gabriel told me that they are those who use to backbite people and slander them.” (Abu Daawood)
My Muslim Sisters and Brothers! Is there any threat more serious than this? When are you going to rein in your tongue from these filthy things?
The maligner and the slanderer have failed, and the obscene is defeated. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “The Muslim should not be a maligner, a curser or a foul-mouthed.” (At-Tirmidhi)
May Allah protect us against sins! Ameen.
It is by shunning idle-talk that intelligence is perfected. Keeping quiet is better than uttering falsehood. Being unable to talk is better than speaking falsehood. The worst of all people is the one who is biased in his speech, deviated in his tongue and mischievous in his utterances. The worst of all speech is that which goes against the Book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Messenger. The worst speech is that which is disgusting to the nature and abhorrent to the ear.
Fellow Muslims! Stumbling of the tongue leads to regret. Corrupt speech has no control or order. It is a sign of deprivation and disappointment. ‘Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,, “A man utters a word in which he sees no harm but which could plunge him into the Hell-Fire for seventy years.”(At-Tirmidhi)
And according to Ibn Maajah, The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “One of you may utter a word of what pleases Allah without him knowing how excellent the word is and for which he will continue to attain Allah’s pleasure until the day he will meet Him. And someone among you may utter a word that displeases Allah without him knowing how grievous the word is and on account of which he will continue to earn Allah’s wrath until the day he will meet Him.”
Mu’aadh ibn Jabal narrated that he asked the Messenger of Allah (pbuh), “Would we be held responsible for what we utter?” The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) replied, “May your mother be bereaved of you, O Mu’aadh! Are people cast to Hell except on account of the earnings of their tongues?” (At-Tirmidhi)
The good word is rewardable and the evil word is a sin. Allah lays example for both in His glorious Book when He says, “See you not how Allah sets forth a parable? A goodly word as a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed, and its branches (reach) to the sky (i.e. very high). Giving its fruit at all times, by the Leave of its Lord and Allah sets forth parables for mankind in order that they may remember. And the parable of an evil word is that of an evil tree uprooted from the surface of earth having no stability.” (Ibraheem 14:24-26)
The most pleasant word is to testify that there is no deity worth of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah (pbuh). It is the statement of Islam and the most truthful word. It is the greatest proof, the strongest handhold and the statement of piety. It is the just word that protects the wealth and blood. Its conditions are:
-knowledge of the word
-having certain belief in it
-accepting it wholeheartedly
-submitting to all that it necessitates
-saying it truthfully
-being sincere with it; and
-loving it and all that it entails.
The meaning of this word is: there is no deity worthy of worship except Allah; prostration, slaughter and vowing should be done for Allah alone. Swearing should be done only in His Name. He alone should be sought for refuge in times of difficulties. It is forbidden to seek assistance from a dead or an absent creature or to seek assistance from anyone or anything besides Him in things that He alone can do.
All legally obligated Muslims should purify the acts of worship for Allah alone. Whoever performs an act of worship in order to gain the wealth of this world or in order to be praised or in order to show off and boast, will have the act of worship rejected. The Prophet (pbuh) said, “Allah the Most High and Exalted said: I am the One, One Who does not stand in need of a partner. If anyone does anything in which he associates anyone else with Me, I shall abandon him with one whom he associates with Me.” (Muslim)
He also said that the best word of remembrance is to say: Laa ilaaha illaa Allaah.” (At-Tirmidhi)
Dear Muslims! Let your tongues be filled in the morning, in the evening and during the noon with glorifying Allah, reciting statement of Tawheed, and praising Him. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “Saying: Subhaanallaah, wal-hamdulillaah, walaa ilaaha illalLaah, wallaahu akbar is dearer to me than this world and all that is in it.” (Muslim)
He also said, “Whoever makes his last word ‘laa ilaaha illalLaah’ shall enter Paradise.” (Ahmad and Abu Daawood)
“To Him ascend (all) the goodly words; and the righteous deeds exalt it (i.e. the goodly words are not accepted by Allah unless and until they are followed by good deeds).” (Fatir 35:10)
“And they are guided (in this world) unto goodly speech (i.e. La ilaha ill-Allah, Alhamdu lillah, recitation of the Quran, etc.) and they are guided to the Path of Him (i.e. Allah’s religion of Islamic Monotheism), Who is Worthy of all praises.” (Al-Hajj 22:24)
Fellow Muslims! As for the filthy word, it is a word of disbelief in Allah. It is to utter what negates belief and submission to Allah; it is to mock the religion and attack it. Whoever mocks Allah or His signs or His command or His reward or His punishment; or mocks His Messenger Muhammad, blessings and peace be upon him or mocks anything of Islamic rules has gone out of the fold of Islam. Such a person has renounced faith and become a disbeliever after he had been a Muslim. Allah says, “Say: “Was it at Allah (glorified and exalted be He), and His Ayat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) and His Messenger (peace be upon him) that you were mocking?” Make no excuse; you disbelieved after you had believed.” (At-Tawbah 9:65-66)
Allah also says, “They swear by Allah that they said nothing (bad), but really they said the word of disbelief, and they disbelieved after accepting Islam.” (At-Tawbah 9:74)
Anyone who regards implementation of Allah’s law and the Sunnah of His Messenger as narrow-mindedness, cultural and intellectual rigidity, autocratic monopolization or a clerical path has uttered a destructive word of disbelief and has committed one of the major sins. Hypocrisy is shown vividly in the tone of their speech however hard they try to feign reform and good intention. Allah shall reveal what they hide in their hearts. Allah says, “Or do those in whose hearts is a disease (of hypocrisy) think that Allah will not bring to light all their hidden ill-wills? Had We willed, We could have shown them to you, and you should have known them by their marks, but surely, you will know them by the tone of their speech!” (Muhammad 47:29-30)
Their words and thoughts are wretched and senseless jabbers that indicate their inner corruption and their hidden deception. Allah says, “The hypocrites, men and women, are from one another; they enjoin (on the people) Al-Munkar (i.e. disbelief and polytheism of all kinds and all that Islam has forbidden), and forbid (people) from Al-Ma’ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do), and they close their hands (from giving meaning spending in Allah’s Cause). They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them. Verily, the hypocrites are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).” (At-Tawbah 9:67)
O Muslims! The word of excessive transgression that no one can utter it but the doomed, the ignorant and the losing erroneous is the word of polytheism that is the greatest lie and falsehood.
Whoever claims that it is lawful to seek help by the souls of the dead or to seek assistance from the dead or claims that the dead have any say in the universe or in its affairs or that they have the knowledge of the unseen or claims that they come out of their graves with their bodies and souls to help a distressed and rescue the drowned is a fool who commits an excessive transgression and lie against Allah. He has spread the worst falsehood and prevented people from the straight path. He is a caller to superstition and does not give Allah His due estimation nor fear Him.
Allah says, “Then who does more wrong than one who invents a lie against Allah, to lead mankind astray without knowledge. Certainly Allah guides not the people who are Zalimun (polytheists and wrong-doers).” (Al-An’aam 6:144)
Calling upon the dead during afflictions for one’s needs or to remove distress is a clear act of shirk and disbelief. This is the very act the Messenger of came to eradicate and to protect the Ummah from its evils. Abu Tameemah narrated from a man among his people who said, “I was there when a man came to the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) and said: “Are you Messenger of Allah?” The Prophet answered in the affirmative. He then asked, “What are you calling to?” The Prophet said, “I am calling unto Allah alone Whom you call when a calamity befalls you and He removes it; when you suffer from drought and you call Him, He grows food for you; and when you are in a desolate land or in a desert and your she-camel strays and you call Him, He returns it to you.” The man then embraced Islam. (Ahmad and Abu Daawood)
Dear Muslims! The word of iniquity means: inclining towards sins, renouncing uprightness, persisting in evils, spreading immoral words and promoting vicious sound that encourages immorality.
The sincere servants of Allah do not tarnish themselves with idle and immoral talk. They do not boast with sins, because when sins are pronouncedly committed they are spread. And if they are not discouraged they bring about punishment, loss and perdition. Allah says, “And when We decide to destroy a town (population), We (first) send a definite order (to obey Allah and be righteous) to those among them (or We (first) increase in number those of its population) who lead a life of luxury. Then, they transgress therein, and thus the word (of torment) is justified against it (them). Then We destroy it with complete destruction.” (Al-Israa 17:16)
Zainab bint Jahsh, the wife of Allah’s Apostle (ra), reported that one day Allah’s Messenger (pbuh) came out in a state of excitement with his face quite red. And he was saying: There is no god but Allah; there is destruction in store for Arabia because of the turmoil which is near at hand. Today, the barrier of Gog and Magog has been opened like this [explaining that with] making a ring with his thumb and index finger. I said: Allah’s Messenger, would we be destroyed despite the fact that there would be pious people amongst us? He said: Yes, when the evil would predominate.” (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) also said, “If acts of disobedience are done among any people and they do not change them though they are able to do so, Allah will soon punish them all.” (Abu Daawood)
And he said, “Allah does not punish the populace because of the sin committed by the leaders until they see it vividly and publicly been committed in their midst and they fail to criticize it though they are able to do so. If they then do so [i.e. fail to criticize it], Allah will punish them all.” (Ahmad)
Therefore, repel punishments and afflictions by condemning vices and keeping away from unlawful things. Beware of boasting with acts of disobedience. Bring about blessings by shunning things that remove them or diminish them. .
Giving sincere admonition to the rulers and scolars is certainly obligatory and criticizing them concerning things that contradict the Shariah is also a necessary religious obligation. However, this should be done with wisdom, better admonition and with the right knowledge. Supplication should be made for their uprightness and safety; and the Muslims should bear their acts of injustice with patience.
The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “The best of your rulers are those whom you love and who love you, who invoke Allah’s blessings upon you and you invoke His blessings upon them. And the worst of your rulers are those whom you hate and who hate you and whom you curse and who curse you. It was asked (by those present): Shouldn’t we overthrow them with the help of the sword? He said: No, as long as they establish prayer among you. If you then find anything detestable in them, you should hate their administration, but do not withdraw yourselves from their obedience.” (Muslim)
O Muslims! Fear Allah, be conscious of Him and obey Him. Know that there are two noble angels who write down your sayings and record all your utterances. Allah says, “Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).” (Qaaf 50:18)
The Muslim is the one from the harm of whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe. The one who gossips, slanders and spreads unfounded rumours that cause division and hatred among people is threatened with the punishment of Hell and horrible fate. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “The one who gossips shall not enter Paradise.”
Backbiting, scorning and slandering people are like eating the carcass and putrid things. The punishment for doing so is severe and the end of those who engage in such vicious acts is terrible. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “When I was taken up to the heaven, I passed by a people who had nails of copper and were scratching their own faces and breasts. I asked about these people and Angel Gabriel told me that they are those who use to backbite people and slander them.” (Abu Daawood)
My Muslim Sisters and Brothers! Is there any threat more serious than this? When are you going to rein in your tongue from these filthy things?
The maligner and the slanderer have failed, and the obscene is defeated. The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said, “The Muslim should not be a maligner, a curser or a foul-mouthed.” (At-Tirmidhi)
May Allah protect us against sins! Ameen.
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