Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: “The destruction of man lies in three things: His stomach, his lusts, and his tongue.” The tongue may be only a small part of our body but it must be controlled. Controlling the tongue is a great virtue. The blessed Prophet (PBUH) said that every morning each limb of the body requests the tongue to behave well, since its good behaviour keeps the body safe. To keep the tongue in check is a great act of piety. So, we should beware of slips of the tongue. When a Muslim fasts he controls his organs from all forbidden deeds. He fears ALLAH, expects His grace and fears His punishment. ALLAH has created human being with a goal and the higher goal is the worship. The Almighty has also provided us much blessing. If we want to count the blessing of ALLAH we can’t. Parts of our body is also included in those blessings. So we should employee our body in the obedience of ALLAH. Our tongue is one of those organs. It is a huge blessing of ALLAH .There is long appendix for tongue in evil, so whosoever does not restrict it goes to the way of the devil and his fate is destruction. Human can’t be safe from evil of tongue without some restrictions. He should not speak but what is useful in life and hereafter as tongue is the most disobedient organ of human and a huge means used by Devil against mankind. So it is necessary for every Muslim to keep away his tongue from every evil, curse, abuse and insult. We have enough examples from the life of our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) in this regard. The Prophet didn’t speak any word that harms the feeling of others. A Muslim who does not restrict his tongue from harming people will loose all his good deeds on the Day of Judgment and no one will save him from fire. Prophet Muhammad said: “Among all things, the tongue deserves to be prisoned longer than anything else.” Because most of our sins are committed by it, such as backbiting, telling lies, defaming, mocking, insulting, gossiping etc. Hurting by tongue is worst than hurting by spear. As far as moderate people are concerned, they are the people who are in right path passing through the guidance of Islamic teaching s. So they are the persons who keep their tongue away from wrong and use it for good. ALLAH compares the good talk to the good tree. We should reflect on the Quranic verse: “Do not backbite each other, would any of you wish to eat the flesh of your dead brother, no rather you hate it!!” (Hujarat:12) The Prophet said: “O you who believe, do not backbite the Muslims, nor follow their faults. For he who follows others faults then ALLAH will declare (disclose) his faults and he whom ALLAH reveals his faults, then ALLAH disgraces him in his own house.” There is a great reward to refrain from backbiting, as the Messenger of ALLAH (peace be upon him) said: “Whoever protects the honour of his brother in his absence, ALLAH will protect his face from the Fire on the Day of Judgment.” In a well known Hadith, the Prophet (PBUH) said:“ I have been sent to you to perfect character”. ALLAH sent Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to demonstrate the formula for today’s moral crisis.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Jun 2013 16:19:13 +0000
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