What Has Been Related About Protecting The Tongue
Darussalam · Volume 4
34. Chapters On Zuhd From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
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Source no. 2406 · Volume 5 · Page 406
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2406. 'Uqbah bin 'Āmir narrated: "I said: 'O Messenger of Allāh! What is the means to salvation?' He said: 'That you control your tongue, suffice yourself your house, and cry over your sins.'" (Da'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan.
٢٤٠٦ - حَدَّثَنَا صَالِحُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ. (ح) وَحَدَّثَنَا سُوَيْدٌ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَيُّوبَ ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ زَحْرٍ، عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ يَزِيدَ ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ ، عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: «قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا النَّجَاةُ؟ قَالَ: امْلِكْ عَلَيْكَ لِسَانَكَ، وَلْيَسَعْكَ بَيْتُكَ، وَابْكِ عَلَى خَطِيئَتِكَ». هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ. .
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The Hadīth tells us in no uncertain terms that the secret of success in the Hereafter lies (i) in restraining the tongue from idle misdirected talks and in speaking only purposeful things, (ii) in not going out of the houses or wandering about without a meaningful aim or purpose, and (iii) in shedding tears of repentance and asking for Allāh's forgiveness and mercy for one's sins of omission and commission.