5. And what did he do in regard to what he knew?" (Tirmidhee)

Guarding t e Tongue " ... And shun lying speech (false statement)." [Al-Hajj (22): 30] The Messenger of Allaah ~ said: ~ ~L5:J1 / Golden Advice Series 04 engage in a talk other than that ... " [An-Nisaa' (4): 140] And in another Aayah it also states: ,.(. ~\ >/ > ~ & -: . lLl // ~ ~'.' ~Y-'.-- ~Y:;, y -- -~ o 1.J;-~t e r...:f'~ "(The pious) in Paradise (Jannah) will ask one another about the Mujrimeen (the guilty ones): "What caused you to enter Hell?" They will say: "We were not of those who used to offer prayers, nor did we feed the poor, and we used to talk falsehood (all that which Allaah hated) with vain talkers, and we used to belie the Day of Judgment." [Al-Muddaththir (74): 40-46] Narrated by Al Mughira bin Shuba ~ : The Prophet ~ said: ''Allaah has forbidden for you, 9~~1 :;~ 1) to be undutiful to your mothers, 1:>11 /fl // 9~ ~JJ 2) to bury your daughters alive, 3) to not to pay the rights of the others (e.g. charity, etc.) Guarding the Tongue and 4) to beg of men (begging). :~~;., And Allaah has hated for you 1) vain, useless talk, or that you talk too much about others, 2) to ask too many questions, (in disputed religious matters) and 3) to waste the wealth (by extravagance).'1801 [80) Bukhaaree. Golden Advice Series 04 Prohibitions upon the Tongue Blasphemy, Insult, Ridicule and Abuse a) It is prohibited to insult, abuse or blaspheme Allaah ~ , His Messenger ~ , His Deen, and/or His Book. These are all aspects of Kufr {disbelief). Allaah ~ says: j; ~.r_; ~~ ~ dL d;YJ ~it::: ~_;~ "If you ask them (about this) they declare: 'We were only talking idly and joking."' Say: "Was it at Allaah, and His Aayaat (signs, revelations, etc.,) and His Messenger that you were mocking?" Make no excuse; you have disbelieved Golden Advice Series 04 after you had believed .. .'' [At-Tawbah (9): 65-66] In the Tafseerof lbn Katheerthe following narration is related as the reason for revelation of thisAayah. lbn 'Umar ~ . Muhammad bin K'ab, Zayd bin Aslam and Qatadaah have all contributed to the establishment of the following hadith. In the course of the campaign of Tabuk, a man came up and declared: "We have seen no people with greater appetites, more lying or more cowardly in battle, than the Prophet of Allaah, and his reciting companions." Aws bin Maalik rose and said: "It is rather you who are the liar, you are a Munaafiq pretending to be a Muslim. I shall tell the Messenger of Allaah ~ about you." Aws ~ went to the Prophet ~ to inform him but found that revelation had already preceded him. (When the news reached) the man, he mounted his camel, sought the Prophet of Allaah :i and said: " ... But we were only joking trying to pass the time while travelling." lbn 'Umar said: "He was clinging to the saddle belt of the Prophet's camel as it ran, his feet and legs being battered by the rough ground, and repeating: but we were only joking ... and the Prophet ~ insisting, without turning his face to him s~id: '°'~·~·~:j ~ .o. Guarding the Tongue "May Allaah curse the one who abuse or blaspheme my companions."l81 l He alsp said: "Do not insult/blaspheme my companions, for by the One in Whose Hand is my soul, if one of you spend the like of the mountain of Uhud in gold (in Allaah 's way) you would not equal their support, or not even half of their support."' [szJ It is painful to hear people, who claim that they are Muslims, abuse the noblest of men of this Ummah, like Abu Bakr ~ , and 'Umar ~ or even other Sahabahs, like Mua'aawiyah ~ - c) It is prohibited for a Muslim to abuse or blaspheme another Muslim, The Messenger ~ said: "Abusing/blaspheming of the Muslim is evil and immoral whilst fighting him is Kufr (disbelief).'183l He further states: [81] At-Tabaranee, AI-Khateeb AI-Baghdadee. [82] Bukhaaree & Muslim. [83] Bukhaaree & Muslim. Golden Advice Series 04 "The Muslim is he from whom other Muslims are safe from his hand and his tongue."f.841 d) It is prohibited to abuse/blaspheme the dead. The Messenger ~ said: "Do not abuse/blaspheme the dead."1851 e) It is prohibited to insult/blaspheme what the unbelievers worship other than Allaah. Allaah ~ says: "And insult not those whom they (the disbelievers) worship besides Allaah lest they insult Allaah wrongfully without knowledge." [AI-An'aam (6): 108] Also, the Messenger of Allaah ~ said: . t5 . -: ~ I ! ., 'i ~ ~ , _J.:>y ~ ,,, ,,,, "Do not cause harm to a Muslim by insulting or abusing a Kafir (disbeliver).'1861 [84] Muslim. [85] Bukhaaree. [86] AI-Haakim & AI-Bayhaqee. f) The prohibition to abuse the wind. The Messenger of Allaah ~ said: Guari:ling t e ongue "Do not abuse/blaspheme the wind because it circulates from Allaah, it brings mercy and punishment.