Words that Human being utters, count against him
(Muhammad Rafique Etesame, Ahmedpureast)
Hadith of the Day
Words that Human being utters, count against him
By Mohammad Rafique Etesame
It was narrated from Umm Habibah, the wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“The words of the son of Adam count against him, not for him, except what is good and forbidding what is evil, and remembering Allah.” (Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 3974)
This hadith reveals that all the words that the mankind utter count against him, exept to enjoin the good or forbidding the evil or the remembering Allah Almighty. It does not mean that mankind should not speak other than these three categories, but it means that he should speak always well and should not be bad-mouth and not to back-bite, slander, to abuse or to tell a lie etc. May Allah Almighty give us taufeeq to act upon this hadith, Amin.