Category: Manners of Speaking and Keeping Silent

When a man loves his brother, he should tell him that he loves him: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Kurdish Hausa Portuguese Malayalam Telgu Swahili

Do you know what backbiting is? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: It is to say of your brother what he dislikes: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Kurdish Hausa Portuguese Malayalam Telgu Swahili

Who is that who swears that I will not forgive so-and-so? Indeed, I have forgiven him and rendered worthless your deeds: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Kurdish Hausa Portuguese Swahili

One may utter a word thoughtlessly and, as a result of this, he will fall down into Hellfire for a distance greater than the distance between the east and the west: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Sinhala Kurdish Portuguese Swahili

Hold back your tongue, abide in your house, and weep over your sin: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Sinhala Uyghur Kurdish Hausa Portuguese Swahili

A believer is neither a slanderer or an invoker of curse, nor is he indecent or foulmouthed: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Chinese Persian Indian Kurdish Hausa Portuguese

It is one of the major sins when a man abuses his parents. It was asked: Would a man ever abuse his parents? He replied: Yes. He abuses the father of another man, who in return abuses his father, and he abuses his mother, and so the latter abuses the former’s mother: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Chinese Persian Indian Kurdish Hausa Portuguese

Woe to him who speaks and tells lies so as to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Sinhala Kurdish Hausa Portuguese

Strive for that which will benefit you, seek Allah's help and do not lose heart or determination. If anything befalls you, do not say: If only I had done such-and-such; rather, say: Allah has decreed and whatever He wills, He does. Saying 'if' opens (the door to) the deeds of the devil: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Uyghur Kurdish Hausa Portuguese

The most despicable name in the sight of Allah is that of a man named the King of kings. There is no king but Allah: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Chinese Persian Indian Kurdish Portuguese

Taking an oath may sell a commodity, but it takes (the blessing) away from the earnings: Language: عربي English French Spanish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Chinese Persian Indian Kurdish Hausa Portuguese

Whoever swears by Al-Lāt and Al-‘Uzza (pagan idols) should say: there is no god but Allah. Whoever says to his companion "Come and gamble with me" should give charity: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Sinhala Kurdish Hausa Portuguese

When a person curses something, the curse ascends to heaven and the gates of heaven are closed against it. Then it descends to earth and its gates are closed against it. Then it turns right and left and when it finds no exit it returns to what was cursed if it deserves to be cursed; otherwise it rebounds to the one who uttered it: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Kurdish Hausa Portuguese

Do not call a hypocrite a master, for if he is a master, you will have angered your Almighty Lord: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Sinhala Uyghur Kurdish Portuguese

The true Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and the Muhājir (emigrant) is the one who abandons what Allah has forbidden: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Kurdish Hausa Portuguese

When the son of Adam gets up in the morning, all of his body organs humble themselves before the tongue, and say: Fear Allah concerning us! For indeed, we are only as you are (our condition depends upon yours); if you are upright, we shall be upright, and if you are crooked, we shall be crooked: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Sinhala Uyghur Kurdish Hausa

A person may utter a word pleasing to Allah, the Almighty, without considering it of any significance, and because of it Allah raises his ranks; and a person may utter a word displeasing to Allah, the Almighty, without considering it of any significance, and because of it he sinks down into Hellfire: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian

None of you should wish for death. Either he is a doer of good, so he may do more good; or he is an evildoer, so he may give up evil deeds: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Sinhala

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man praising another and exaggerating in his praise, whereupon he said: You have ruined - or cut - the man's back.: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian

Woe unto you! You have cut the neck of your companion: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Sinhala

It does not befit the truthful one to frequently curse others: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Hausa

Do not curse one another, invoking the curse of Allah or His wrath or the fire of Hell: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Hausa

Unload it and set it free, for it is cursed: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Hausa

Let the she-camel upon which curse has been invoked not accompany us: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Uyghur

If a man says: People are ruined, he himself will be the most ruined among them all: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Uyghur Hausa

When two people insult each other, the one who started will be the sinner until the oppressed exceeds the limits: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Sinhala Uyghur Hausa

Do not curse the fever, for it removes the sins of the children of Adam the same way the bellows remove the impurities of iron: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Vietnamese Sinhala Hausa

Do not curse the rooster, for indeed it awakens (people) for prayer: Language: عربي English French Spanish Turkish Urdu Indonesian Bosnian Russian Bengali Chinese Persian Tagalog Indian Hausa

Forbidden Utterances and Tongue Evils (9)

Hadith List

When a man loves his brother, he should tell him that he loves him

Do you know what backbiting is? They said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He said: It is to say of your brother what he dislikes

Who is that who swears that I will not forgive so-and-so? Indeed, I have forgiven him and rendered worthless your deeds

One may utter a word thoughtlessly and, as a result of this, he will fall down into Hellfire for a distance greater than the distance between the east and the west

Hold back your tongue, abide in your house, and weep over your sin

A believer is neither a slanderer or an invoker of curse, nor is he indecent or foulmouthed

It is one of the major sins when a man abuses his parents. It was asked: Would a man ever abuse his parents? He replied: Yes. He abuses the father of another man, who in return abuses his father, and he abuses his mother, and so the latter abuses the former’s mother

Woe to him who speaks and tells lies so as to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe to him!

Strive for that which will benefit you, seek Allah's help and do not lose heart or determination. If anything befalls you, do not say: If only I had done such-and-such; rather, say: Allah has decreed and whatever He wills, He does. Saying 'if' opens (the door to) the deeds of the devil

The most despicable name in the sight of Allah is that of a man named the King of kings. There is no king but Allah

Taking an oath may sell a commodity, but it takes (the blessing) away from the earnings

Whoever swears by Al-Lāt and Al-‘Uzza (pagan idols) should say: there is no god but Allah. Whoever says to his companion "Come and gamble with me" should give charity

Do not call a hypocrite a master, for if he is a master, you will have angered your Almighty Lord

The true Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and the Muhājir (emigrant) is the one who abandons what Allah has forbidden

When the son of Adam gets up in the morning, all of his body organs humble themselves before the tongue, and say: Fear Allah concerning us! For indeed, we are only as you are (our condition depends upon yours); if you are upright, we shall be upright, and if you are crooked, we shall be crooked

A person may utter a word pleasing to Allah, the Almighty, without considering it of any significance, and because of it Allah raises his ranks; and a person may utter a word displeasing to Allah, the Almighty, without considering it of any significance, and because of it he sinks down into Hellfire

None of you should wish for death. Either he is a doer of good, so he may do more good; or he is an evildoer, so he may give up evil deeds

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) heard a man praising another and exaggerating in his praise, whereupon he said: You have ruined - or cut - the man's back.

Woe unto you! You have cut the neck of your companion

It does not befit the truthful one to frequently curse others

Do not curse one another, invoking the curse of Allah or His wrath or the fire of Hell

Unload it and set it free, for it is cursed

Let the she-camel upon which curse has been invoked not accompany us

If a man says: People are ruined, he himself will be the most ruined among them all

When two people insult each other, the one who started will be the sinner until the oppressed exceeds the limits

Do not curse the fever, for it removes the sins of the children of Adam the same way the bellows remove the impurities of iron

Do not curse the rooster, for indeed it awakens (people) for prayer