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Umar Ibn Al-Khattab radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
Once said,
Alaikum bidhikr Allah,
fa'innahu shifa', waiyakum wa'dhikr alnaas
fa'iinahu da'
- The meaning of which is, basically to make mention
frequently of people is a disease,
and to make mention frequently of Allah is the cure.
You can use your tongue for dhikr
and elevate yourself,
or you can use it to debase others and yourself.
And if you talk too much about the business of other people,
you're going to fall.
That's why Umar radiAllahu Anhu also said,
man kathura kalamuhu kathura saqatuh
He said, if you talk too much
you're going to mess up too much.
Which means you're going to have too any sins
and you're going to have a greater likelihood
of entering into the fire.
This tongue can do so much damage here.
You can ruin the reputation of someone else,
you could paralyze an entire community
with gossip and with slander.
And now with the internet
you can spread lies throughout the entire world.
But as much chaos as your tongue does here to others,
it damages your hereafter far more.
Now the flip side of that
is that a tongue can speak a small word of goodness,
that Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta-A'la loves.
And the person who's speaking it
doesn't realize the weight of their praise,
or how they help someone with a simple word of kindness,
or with a simple word of gratitude.
People are raised ranks
by the praises and pious use of their tongues,
or they're thrown into the depths of hell fire
by the harvest of the tongue.
Most of the ahadith about tongues
and faces on the day of judgment
are actually pretty frightening,
but it's important to hear them
to avoid the very deeds that warrant those punishments.
And there's a connection to the tongues and faces
on the day of judgment,
and what the Prophet, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam, saw
on the night of Al-Isra' wal-Mi'raj.
He said, SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam.
I saw a group group of people.
yakhmishuna wujuhahum wasudurahum
They were scratching their chest
and their faces with copper nails.
And I asked, Jibreel Alayhi Salaam, "Ya Jibreel
Who are these people?"
These people literally scratching their faces off.
And he said, "These are the people
who ate the flesh of others by back biting,
and they trampled people's honor."
The scholars mention that the connection here
is that when you humiliate someone in this life
by damaging their reputation,
you make it harder for them to show their faces in public.
Which means you're effectively removing them from society.
So here, the people that do so
are literally removing their own faces as a punishment.
And that's just the beginning of it.
The Prophet, Salallahu Alayhi Wasalam,
said, "The worst people in the sight of a lot Allah
on the day of resurrection will be two-faced people."
allathi ya'tiha 'ula ibi waj, waha'ula ibi waj
People who appear to some with this face,
and to another group of people with another face.
In another narration,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam said;
"The worst person on the day of judgment
is a man who shares his wife's secrets."
The precious secrets of the spouse.
And then in another narration,
the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said, "The worst person
is the one who people stop correcting
because they don't want to deal with his foul mouth."
So what's the common trend here with all these ahadith
about the worst person on the day of judgment?
The worst person is the one who uses their tongue
to abuse or betray,
and that person is going to be miserable on that day,
for the misery that they caused others in this life.
So what does that look like?
Ammar Ibn Yasir, radiAllahu ta'ala Anhu
He said, "I heard the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
say, "The person who has two faces in this world
will have two tongues of fire on the day of judgment."
SubhanAllah
Notice here the emphasis on fire.
Because the secrets and honor of people
are so sacred to Allah,
that when you violate those boundaries
you're pouring fire in your ears and on your tongue.
And that's why the Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam,
said whoever spies on people's conversations
will have lava poured into their ears
on the day of judgment.
So what is the flip side of this grievous punishment
that leaves people, on the day of judgment,
scratching their faces off?
Walking around with two tongues of fire
hanging from their mouths.
The Prophet SallAllahu Alaihi Wasallam
said, man rada 'an 'erdhi 'akhihi bil'ghayb
rada Allah 'an wajhih alnaar yawm alqiyamat,.
"Whoever defends the reputation of his brother
in his absence,
Allah will defend his face from the fire
on the day of resurrection."
So it's the complete opposite.
The people that are so rare to find
are not those who freeze up and don't participate
when backbiting is taking place in their presence,
they're those special people who check it
even when it's their own closest friends doing it.
And they may be doing it about someone
that they don't particularly like.
And that's why the special reward,
so while one has a face of fire on the day of judgment,
the other has a face completely protected from the fire
on the day of judgment.
And that's not just true in regards to this issue
of how you interacted with others in this life,
but it's the shine of righteousness or gloom of wickedness
that's made obvious on the faces on the day of judgment.
The faces of the believers are radiant
and they're content on that day.
And Allah tells us so beautifully
what it is that's making them that way
on the day of judgment.
So look at these ayats,
Wujoohun yawma-ithin naAAima.
faces that day that are glowing,
LisaAAyiha radiya.
they're pleased with their deeds.
And then Allah says in another place,
Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfira. Dahikatun mustabshira.
That they will have bright laughing faces,
receiving glad tidings.
So they're pleased with what?
The reward of those deeds.
And then Allah says, Wujoohun yawma-ithin nadira.
Ila rabbiha nathira
That some faces will be glowing on that day.
Why? Because they're staring at their Lord.
So the face is pleased with its deeds,
it's pleased with the reward,
and it's pleased with its Lord.
And you know, the faces of these believers
are not just brightened there,
Imam Al-Hassan Al-Basri Rahimahullah, was asked,
"Why do we find that the people of tahajjud,
they have faces that shine so bright,
even though they're sleepless?"
And he said,
li'anahum khalawa bialrahman fa'albasahum min nurih.
It's because they secluded themselves with Ar-Rahman,
the most merciful.
So he dressed them in this light, that's now.
So what will it be on that day
when those worshipers are actually looking at Ar-Rahman,
and he's smiling back at them,
dressing them in his light?
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuh
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya
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