Ramadan 2022 - The Manners of The Believers #17 - Controlling The Tongue

Yasir Qadhi

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🗓️ 19 April 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Of the primary hallmarks of a believer (Episode 17 in our series) is the purity of his speech: the believer avoids lying, slander, backbiting, gossip, vulgarity, and argumentation. Multiple times in the Quran, Allah describes the believers as those who '...turn away from idle talk,' or those who '...when the foolish address them, respond by saying: Peace!'. The Prophet (SAW) said, 'Whoever guarantees me [the control] of what is between his cheeks, and what is between his thighs, I shall in return guarantee him Paradise" [Tirmidhi]. This means the two primary causes of failure are what the tongue reaps, and the following of one's sensual pleasures. In another tradition, we are told that the harvest of the tongue is a primary reason for punishment. So many problems of this world are caused by speech: just look at how many relationships have been broken, how much corruption has spread, how much deceit has taken place, and even how wars have been started and lives lost, and you will see that evil speech is a primary factor in all of that. Hence why the believer prefers silence over vain and useless speech.The Prophet (SAW) reminded us: "Whoever remains silent is safe" [Tirmidhi].

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0:56.0	Peace be upon him.
1:04.0	Of the Aqlaq of the Muqmin is one that our Qarit began our recitation with today.
1:10.0	Qad'a al-Mutminoun, those who turn away from idol talk, they're not engaged in idol talk.
1:22.0	When I began this series, I began with the verse of Surat Al-Furqan.
1:33.0	The servants of Ar-Rahman are those who walk with humility on this earth.
1:39.0	Right after, what does Allah say?
1:41.0	And when the foolish people try to provoke, try to start an argument, they say,
1:48.0	In the same series of verses of Surat Al-Furqan, at the very end of the Surah,
1:53.0	Allah Azza wa Jal describes the believers as when they pass by vain talk, idol talk,
2:01.0	they pass by with dignity, they don't get involved in that idol talk.
2:06.0	This is of the characteristic of the believer.
2:11.0	They monitor their tongue, they're careful in what they say.
2:16.0	Now this talk is multifaceted because monitoring the tongue is actually many different topics altogether.
2:22.0	But overall, the Muqmin must be cognizant and aware of everything that comes from his mouth,
2:29.0	not a single word that he says except that the angels are writing it down.
2:39.0	Our Prophet was asked, what is the way to be saved?
2:47.0	What is the path to be saved?
2:49.0	He responded, keep your tongue in check number one.
2:55.0	Keep your tongue in check.
2:57.0	And number two, stay within your house, mind your own business.
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