Yasir Qadhi – The Beauty of Silence

			Our Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said, mon Samata Niger. Whoever remained silent, shall be
successful. Whoever adopts the policy of being quiet, whoever learns the art of not speaking, mon
Samatha. somata is a verb. To not speak is an action. To not speak requires effort. For many of us,
not speaking requires much more effort than speaking. For many of us to close our mouth requires a
more Jihad than opening them out and blurting things out. And our Prophet sallallahu Sallam reminded
us mon Samata Niger memorize this beautiful Hadith. And from this, obviously, it was the lack of a
prophet Sallallahu are they he was sending them to maintain long periods of silence, he wouldn't
		

			speak frequently, he wouldn't constantly be talking smack even herb says I asked the job it had been
somewhat off. Did you sit with the prophets of Allah who either he was selling? Were you one of the
Sahaba jab is one of the younger Sahaba he says yes, I used to sit with the Prophet sallallahu
alayhi wa sallam, and what kind of are we the Santee allele of Baba Ki, he would be silent for a
long period of time, and he would not laugh that much. And the Sahaba would be telling tales of
their days of Jaya Helia or saying something of poetry and they would laugh in His presence. And he
would sometimes smile listening to them. So he gives us a glimpse into the clock of the Prophet
		

			system. He's with the Sahaba he's listening to them. He's allowing them to be merry and happy. He
himself is adopting longer periods of silence, and he's participating more with his presence. And
with his smiles, I shout out the Allahu anha the Prophet system. He's a she said that the Prophet
sallallahu alayhi wa sallam would speak in such a manner. If you wanted to count his words you could
do so he would speak in such a manner when he said something if you wanted to just count on your
fingers, how much he spoke, you could do so in other words, when he spoke, it was poignant,
succinct, short, concise, it was to the point and he didn't go longer and longer. And this has been
		

			a well known characteristic of the people of wisdom and knowledge, even beyond our religion. It is a
universal characteristic of wisdom, not just within our faith, universal characteristic of being
intelligent, that you diminish blabbering and speaking, and you speak only when you need to, and you
choose silence over extra speech, one of the Sahaba said when you see a person who has no love for
this dunya and whose speech is very little, then accompany that person for Allah has given him
wisdom. When you see a person he's not greedy for the dunya he's not always running after this
world. And you also find that he has little kalila Sandy column he doesn't speak that much about
		

			unnecessary things, then this is the person you should take as your friend this is the person who's
a wise person benefit from his presence, Abdullah bin Mr. Udo the Allahu Tada and who said ayyar
como Fidel Kalam, I warn you from constantly talking, I warn you from unnecessary talk, because it
is only enough for sorry, so it is sufficient. He said that because it is sufficient for a man that
he conveys what he needs to and then is silent. It is sufficient for a man he speaks what needs to
be said and then doesn't go beyond to this. And I believe in Ahmedabad and also the Allahu taala.
And he said, leave and abandon that which has no benefit to you. And do not speak about an issue
		

			that does not concern you and control your tongue and trap it more eagerly than you trap your gold
and silver. Be careful about spending your tongue he is saying more eagerly than you're trapping
your money. Make sure you keep your mouth shut more than you keep your wallet shut out of spending.
It's rough. This is a constant theme we find amongst the Sahaba and amongst the earliest scholars
and SubhanAllah. Just imagine how much trouble we would save ourselves if we only chose silence over
speaking in anger. Silence over speaking in haste silence over speaking without choosing our words.
rarely, rarely will you be criticized for your silence. Sometimes you will sometimes you must speak
		

			up. But generally speaking, you shall be criticized for speaking nine times and criticized for
silence one time generally speaking your tongue and opening it will cause you much more distress
than keeping your tongue silent. Subhanallah one word that you say can break years of friendship.
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			Have your spouse Subhanallah How dangerous is this tongue that we have? How dangerous is the
Unleashed myth of this town where so much harm can be done, if only we kept it quiet, if only we
kept our thoughts within us, and then waited until we're able to formulate a better response, and
then speak with words of wisdom, we would save so many friendships, we would cause so much, so less
stress and arguments. And all of this goes back to the issue of controlling the tongue. And as I
said, the notion of controlling the tongue is beyond just our culture, we find these snippets of
wisdom in all civilizations and cultures. Even Plato, not that we care about Plato's alQaeda, but
		

			even Plato, he has a statement that wise men speak because they have something to say, full speak,
because they have nothing to say, wise men speak because they have something to say. But when full
speak, is because they have nothing to say they're just blabbering on and on. And the one of the
philosophers of the Western tradition, Francis Bacon, he said, silence is the sleep that nourishes
wisdom. Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom, meaning when you're silent, it allows time for
two foot quarter for to the Buddha, for contemplation for minimizing your mistakes. And in fact,
that is why in many, again, Eastern traditions, the notion of meditation requires what silence now
		

			we don't have that version of meditation. But we do have something similar Ibrahim ibn Adam, that
famous scholar and ascetic that famous worshiper and that one of the greatest luminaries of his
time, Ibrahim ibn said to him, he said, Sunil Reba T at Suffolk, Kuru was some to the pinnacle of
worshipping is to think a lot and to be quiet. The pinnacle of worship will be achieved when you
think more than you speak, when you contemplate and you speak less, except to goes for the Dhikr of
Allah subhanho wa taala. So silence is one of the characteristics of virtue, especially when it
comes to speaking of the matters of this world. And silence by the way is not just of the tongue. In
		

			our days, silence must also be used by our fingers, social media, Facebook, Twitter, writing an
email this to silence you have to think before you type Think before you tweet, think before you put
a Facebook status up there, Think and Do not ever write or tweet or speak in a state of anger, calm
down, collect your thoughts, think about the wordings you're going to use and then reply back. A
saying goes, a fool by staying silent, appears wise. And a wise man by constantly talking appears
foolish of fool by staying silent. People might think you're wise harmless, you're gonna give the
false impression, but a wise man who constantly talks, he's gonna appear to be foolish. The benefits
		

			of silence are many of them. You cultivate wisdom. It is a sign of Eman because the prophets have
said of the perfection of Eman is to leave that which is of no concern to you. It is a sign of good
luck. It is a mechanism of protecting one from hurting the feelings of other people. It allows you
time to formulate a better response. It brings about a positive impression amongst the people and
most importantly it saves you from the fire of * and causes you to earn the pleasure of Allah
subhanho wa Taala brothers and sisters silence is an art silence must be trained, you must push
yourself to be silent, you must learn the art of controlling your tongue next time you feel like
		

			speaking Think before you speak our final point inshallah Tada are two points. Number one, all of
this silence is meant in the world and the affairs of the dunya. As for the affairs of the akhira as
for dhikr of Allah and the Quran asked for more ever, and preaching and teaching. Obviously, that is
not the type of silence that we are talking about. Even Abdullah, the famous scholar said that the
kalam that comes when good from doing dhikr of Allah from the reciting of the Quran, from doing good
deeds from preaching from bringing people together and bringing reconciliation. This is much better
than being quiet. So when you do say something to bring people together, their friendships are
		

			broken, you bring them together, vicar of Allah, the Quran, this is not what we are talking about.
And the second point and the final point of sha Allah to Allah is that as more either bingeable
said, that, call them a NASA kalila and what Kelim Rebecca Kathy, Iran Kelemen NASA Kalyan, speak to
people Colleen, what can Limerock Becca Cassia and speak to your Lord plentifully. How do you speak
to your Lord do vicar Quran Tilawat this is how you speak to your Lord. We conclude by reminding
ourselves of the famous Hadith of the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam mankind you
		

			We'll be liable Yamanaka failure called hyaluron. Earlier Smith's, whoever believes in Allah and the
final day either say something useful or else be quiet, say something good say something useful or
else be quiet. May Allah Subhanallah to either grant us the wisdom to speak when speaking is better
and the wisdom to be silent when silence is better Zack moolah Hey Ron said I'm able to catch up
		

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