منتديات كلمة سواء الدعوية للحوار الإسلامي المسيحي

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In the name of Allah the most Gracious the most Merciful

Allah, the Exalted, endowed upon His slaves uncountable
endowments .
Allah said in Surat Ibrahim, Ayah 34:
" وَإِن تَعُدُّواْ نِعْمَتَ اللّهِ لاَ تُحْصُوها "

which means:" Should you attempt to count your endowments from Allah, you would be unable ".

The tongue is one of many endowments Allah bestowed upon His slaves.Although the tongue is tiny organ, the person who uses it to comply with the orders of Allah, the teachings of the Qu'ran, and the teaching of the prophet "pbuh" earns blessings in this world and in the Hereafter.Howerver, the one who uses his tongue in disobedience does not display thankfulness to Allah and leads himself to his own destruction.Certainly, being thankful to Allah means to avoid using the endowments bestowed by Allah in what is forbidden.
One needs to know that the sins of the tongue can be small or enormous. Also, one should be aware that some of these sins take the person out of Islam, as the prophet pbuh" sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, said in the hadith related by at-Tirmidhiyy:
"إن العبد ليتكلم بالكلمة لا يرى بها بأسا يهوي بها في النار سبعين خريفا"

which means:" A person may utter a word he thinks harmless, which results in his falling the depth of seventy(70) years into Hellfire".
This hadith clearly refers to the bottom of Hellfire, a place only the blasphemers will reach.

Included among the sins of the tongue are gossip(ghibah) and tale-bearing namimah).Ibn Abid-Dunya related that the prophet:3: sallallahu alayhi wa sallam , said
"خصلتان ما إن تجمل الخلائق بمثلهما حسن الخلق و طول الصمت"

which means:"Two traits if applied can greatly beautify oneself: good manners and lengthy silence."

In this hadith lengthy silence means to refain from speaking,except for what is good, such as praising Allah,and teaching others what is good.Hence, it is wise for one to use the tongue in praising Allah, performing obedience, ordering the lawful and forbidding the unlawful.

"Our Lord! Give unto us in the world that which is good and in the Hereafter that which is good , and guard us from the doom of Fire . "