Importance of speaking good

Dear Islamic brothers! There is no doubt that Allah has granted mankind numerous blessings. From these, one great blessing is the ‘tongue’. Apparently, the tongue is a small piece of meat but it is also a great blessing of Allah. Using the tongue in a correct manner can lead to Paradise, whereas using the tongue in a wrong manner could lead to Hell. If someone uses his tongue in the correct manner and recites Kalimah Tayyibah sincerely from the heart, then Paradise becomes compulsory upon him. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated:

مَنْ قَالَ لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللہُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّۃَ وَ وَجَبَتْ لَہ الْجَنَّۃُ

‘Whosoever recites (لَاۤ اِلٰہَ اِلَّا اللہُ), he will enter Paradise and Paradise will become compulsory for him.’^[1]

If this tongue ‘مَعَاذَاللہ’ (we seek refuge in Allah) is used in the disobedience of Allah عَزَّوَجَل, then this could lead to a major adversity.

Just like the Holy Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: ‘Majority of sins performed by humans are from the tongue.’^[2]

Therefore, intelligent is that person who utilises his tongue in a good manner and refrains from utilising his tongue in a bad manner. Save your tongue from useless talk, swearing at a person or breaking someone’s heart.

Remember! Using the tongue in a good manner can entitle a person to reap many benefits. Whereas, using the tongue in a bad manner leads to deprivation from many benefits and brings about a lot of harm. Therefore, make it a habit to use the tongue in the correct manner.

One way of utilising the tongue in a good and correct manner is to speak the truth, whereas one way of utilising the tongue in a bad manner is to speak a lie. There are many blessings of speaking the truth. People always look at a