Mufti Menk – Words That Are Light On the Tongue, Heavy On The Scales
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The speaker discusses the importance of the remembinding people of Allah's statement about praising him and wishing him success. They also mention the use of words of praise and evil language on the right side of the scale, but on the wrong side. The speaker emphasizes the importance of making life easy for people and developing a relationship with Allah.
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Few more days remaining,
occupy your tongue with the remembrance of Allah.
I'd rather say
I'd rather say that statement
any day
than to talk about another person behind their
backs in a way that they would not
be impressed if they heard what you said.
That's called ghiba.
I'd rather say
glorifying
Allah and praising Allah. Why?
Because
the Hadith says,
2 words,
2 little phrases
that are very light on the tongue,
very heavy on the scale, very loved by
Allah
That's a hadith, the last hadith in Sahih
al Bukhari, and the prophet sallallahu alaihi wasallam
stressed to us the importance of the remembrance
of Allah and how
small phrases can be heavy on the scale
for you or against you. In this case,
for you.
And then
when you utter bad words, it will be
against you even if you think it's something
light.
When you accuse someone of having an affair,
for example,
Allah
Almighty warns us in Surat al Nur
when they accused Aisha radiallahu anha
of immorality,
And they belittled it in the sense that
they thought it's not really something big and
serious to talk about,
meaning to talk about it is not such
a grave sin because it's something small. Allah
says,
You think it's something light, but in the
eyes of Allah, it is humongous
to utter those words. This shows us that
there are some words we consider light. Light,
small. We accuse someone, we hurt someone, we
said something about someone, and we don't even
think about it twice. And Allah says, on
the scales, it's actually very heavy, but on
the wrong side.
In the same way, you have words of
praise of Allah
that are simple, but heavy on the scale.
On the right side, you have
words of slander and backbiting and accusation
and evil words that might be light on
the tongue,
heavy on the scale, but on the wrong
side. May Allah protect us. This is the
month of Ramadan.
Become conscious of it. Make life easy for
people, and develop your relationship with Allah.