you see my dear brother my dear sister
some of the early salaf they were able to count what they would say from one week to another week
and they would able to recognize they were able to know exactly what they've said throughout the
week because they would ensure that they keep a record for every single thing that
comes out of their mouth every single time you have an opportunity
to speak you don't have to speak and that's why a poet says
maybe a person who happens to be whatever he happens to be scrupulous and righteous and
pious that person maybe he may do what he may stop his tongue from speaking even though the person
knows how to speak very fluently even though the person is a very very good speaker but the person
chooses not to speak why so well because every single time you speak you are held to account
and if you're able to manage this tongue of yours then allah subhanahu wa ta'ala will make
the path to jannah easy for you and that's why the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam he said
whoever is able to ensure that he will be able to protect whatever is between his two jawbones i.e
the tongue and whatever is between his two legs i either private part i will ensure and guarantee
for him that he will get a place in jannah i ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us a place in
jannah and i ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us the ability to be able to ensure our
tongues and protect our tongues and also to be able to protect our chastise chastity and our gaze
you see my brother my dear sister and my dear brother the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
he spoke once of faith as a whole and he told us of a number of different concepts of faith then
he said that should i not tell you of the greatest heart of faith should i not tell you
of the backbone of faith should i not tell you the of the height of faith and he mentioned a number
of things then the prophet saws after speaking at length about faith and after telling us of the
the the head of the matter the most important aspect of the matter the
backbone of the matter of religion of course and the peak of religion after he told us of
all these things now the prophet saws says now i'm going to give you the key of all of that
should i not tell you how you can manage all of this
said
protect this tongue of yours stop this tongue of yours ensure that whatever comes out of your mouth
you have thought about it a lot so muhammad was shocked he said
and we're going to be questioned about what we say or messenger of allah he said
he said may your mother end up losing you o now pause here for a second your mother end up
losing you doesn't that sound like the prophet sallam is actually saying something negative
the answer is no and negative why is that well the reality is that there are rhetorical
instruments within every single language even within english we have some rhetorical
instruments which are unusual but they make sense within the context if you know
the context i'll give an example someone tells you a news which is very shocking
so you say to him get out you're not trying to tell him literally get out of the room
you're trying to tell him that i'm really shocked at what you're saying so similarly when he says
he's trying to say really you don't know this old mahath out of shock and then he says will people
be thrown face first in the hell fire except through what their tongues have earned meaning
the earnings of the tongue will be one of the key factors that lead people to hell fire
i ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to protect us from entering the hell fire and protect us
from being led to the hellfire and protect us from every action that leads to the hell fire
and i ask allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to grant us the ability to act by the actions of the people
of jannah and to love the people of jannah and to make us among the people of jannah
allah