Category: The Harms of the Tongue
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Allah does not create a human isolated from others; He expects them to live with and among others. This means that a human will give and take, love and hate, be happy and angered, be kind and recompense, buy and sell, gift and be gifted, reject and be rejected. All this is intrinsic to human…
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‘Amr ibn Shuraḥbīl رحمه الله said: “If I was to see anyone suckling from the udders of a goat and I laughed at him, I fear that I would end up doing the same as I saw him doing.”[1] Such was the fear of our pious predecessors when it came to dealing and judging the…
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‘Umar رضي الله عنه said: “Beware of mentioning others [in your conversations, i.e. backbiting], for it is an illness, and hold fast to the remembrance of Allāh, for it is indeed a cure.” [1] [1] Al-Qurṭubī قال عمرُ رضي الله عنه: “إيّاكم وذكرَ النّاس فإنّه داء، وعليكم بذكر الله فإنّه شفاء.”