Ali Albarghouthi – Guard Your Tongue
AI: Summary ©
The speaker discusses the danger of the small airborne virus and how it can be controlled through practice. He explains that the virus is dangerous and that people should not ignore the fact that it is happening and that it could cause catastrophic harm, harm to their reputation, and even incite riots and cutting their lives. The speaker emphasizes the importance of learning how to talk, being logistic, and achieving professionality in speech.
AI: Summary ©
You could do a lot of damage with
your tongue, especially today, much more than at
the time of the Prophet ﷺ.
So we actually pay money to learn how
to talk, how to be eloquent, how to
choose our words.
But we don't learn how to be quiet.
What else throws people in hellfire on their
faces except what their tongues bring back.
And this
skill, this ibadah of silence is one that
is seldom followed today.
It is important to understand that it's an
ibadah and that it's a skill because in
another hadith, the Prophet ﷺ said, أكثر خطايا
ابن آدم في لسانه Most of the sins
of the child of Adam are in his
tongue.
Most of the sins of the child of
Adam come from his tongue.
And he said in another hadith, وَهَلْ يَكُبُّ
النَّاسَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى مَنَاخِرِهِمْ إِلَّا حَصَائِدُ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ
What else throws people in hellfire on their
faces except what their tongues bring back, the
harvest of their tongues.
So this tongue, this small instrument in our
body is so dangerous.
How come we have not learned how to
restrain it?
You see us on the one hand learning,
not only learning but paying money to learn
how to talk.
This is how you can conduct or pass
an interview.
You learn what to say.
This is how you could be a better
public speaker.
This is how you can convince people.
This is how you can win friends.
This is how you could influence others to
believe what you believe.
So we actually pay money to learn how
to talk, how to be eloquent, how to
choose our words.
But we don't learn how to be quiet.
We don't learn how to be silent.
We don't appreciate silence and what it brings
to us.
And we have no control over it.
And we don't understand how catastrophic it could
be especially today.
Because the easiest thing today to turn on
your phone, face your camera and say whatever
you want to say.
Whether you understand or not.
Whether you know or not.
Whether it's beneficial or not.
You record it, you broadcast it.
Hundreds, thousands, millions of people potentially could hear
that.
And you're responsible for it.
And these things could cause tremendous harm.
They could incite riots.
They could cause the killing of other people.
They could assassinate their reputation.
You could do a lot of damage with
your tongue especially today.
Much more than at the time of the
Prophet ﷺ.
So if that tongue was dangerous then, it's
much more dangerous now.