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LET'S BE MINDFUL OF OUR TONGUE

 THE DAILY ISLAMIC REMINDERS. Yaum al-ithnayn. 26th day of Ramadan, 1444AH (Monday, 17th April, 2023).

*_LET'S BE MINDFUL OF OUR TONGUE_* Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem. 


As we approaches the last few days of Ramadan in which Laylatul qadar may appear if not come and gone. It's very important to note that Ramadan is not about only avoiding eating, sexual relationship etc but equally and more importantly, protecting our fasting by speaking good words or remaining silence throughout the day because a single act of backbiting, slandering etc will automatically damage our fasting from achieving any rewards for it. 


Therefore, the servant must be aware! We could lose our rewards for the fasting and prayer from just o­ne gathering. There is no success for us unless we learn how to imprison our tongues from vain talk. 


ALLAH has placed this tongue of ours in prison. It does not come out except when there is a need for it. You will find lots of the time our tongues are not engaged in Dhikr. Rather, we choose to continue with our vain talk, joking, laughing, backbiting, and slandering. Imam Ahmad mentioned in his “Musnad” o­n the authority of Anas (radi Allahu 'anhu) who related that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu 'alaihi wa salaam) said:

“The faith (eeman) of ALLAH’s servant will not be upright until his heart is upright, and his heart will not be upright until his tongue is upright.” [Ahmad-al-Mundhiri (3/234) – al-Iraqi in “Al-Ihya” (8/1539). 


*_May ALLAH have mercy on us all and protect us from speaking ill of anyone regardless of what such person has done_*. Aameen.

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