Small, but Extremely Powerful!!

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ 

In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarkatahu,

How are you feeling after one third of Ramadan? On my end, time seems to be flying and as I try to pace myself for Ramadan, I’ve also been trying to balance between spending time alone with Him, and being with family and friends.

I pray this Ramadan be exactly what your heart needs.

So, one of the intentions that I’ve made for this Ramadan is to read more.

More of Quran and understanding it and more of other islamical books too.

So when I was reading one of the books, I came across this Hadith, that really got to me.

It goes like this,

One of the Sahabah’s(companion) named Sufyan B Abdullah RA asked Rasulallah SAW, “Ya Rasulallah? What do you fear the most for me?”

And Rasulallah SAW’s answer to that very deep and profound question was very simple.

He SAW simply took out his tongue and said, “This!!” (Tirmidhi)

So meaning, what Rasulallah SAW fear the most for us is our Tongue.

Meaning, what we say, what we convey, how we communicate because it’s all done mostly through our tongue and Ofcourse our mindset.

So I was like, “Whoa… this small organ is extremely powerful!!!”

Because if you think about it, this tongue is what causes war.

It may cause division between families and friends.

But if we use our tongue right, it could actually bring people together, it could bring hope to people.

Anyway, what I’m trying to convey is,

We use our tongue to communicate everyday, but we’ve never really stopped for a second, to think how our sharp tongues can actually destroy our own throats.

What I mean by this is that, words that you use to describe others or the words you use to communicate says nothing about them, but a lot of you.

Another Hadith that I came across from the same book, which also touches upon the manners of our speech that really got me thinking was, when Rasulallah SAW said, “None of my companions should tell me anything about anyone. For I would like to meet any of you with a clean heart” (Tirmidhi)

And I thought, “OMG YESS!!”

That should be the way.

Because no matter how good your intentions are of trying to tell someone about someone else, it might lead to gossip.

And if you think about it, it’s also like you trying to spoil a movie for someone who has not watched the movie.

Okay! I know it’s Ramadan but this is just a small illustration for better understanding in a simple way.

You know it’s like how those people who post spoilers everywhere, it’s kind of the same when you tell someone about someone else.

Let them form their own opinions.

Unless it’s a matter of life and death, you know, if you think that someone else could pose a dangerous threat, then yeah! That’s understandable.

But if you’re merely stating an opinion then, No!! Please Don’t do that!

I also remember one of my teachers telling me that, the easiest way to start a gossip is when someone asks, “How is so and so?”

If you guys really think about it, that’s how gossip starts.

Because If you really want to know how is so and so, you should Ask so and so!

Not someone else.

When I think about it more, I realised that you know, the tongue has no bones but yet it so powerful enough to crush someone’s heart, to break someone’s confidence and also ruin someone’s life.

So we should always strive to be more careful with our tongues, with the words that we speak, especially in this blessed month of Ramadan.

And this is Ofcourse, first and foremost reminder to myself.

So yeah this Ramadan, as we all strive to cut down on our food, cut down on our material consumption,

In sha Allah, we can also try to cut down on our bad words, our bad energy, ill thoughts about others and protect and use our tongues judiciously.

I want to end this blog with a small beautiful quote stated by Ibn Qayyim,

“A man’s tongue can give you a taste of his heart”

So I definitely want my heart to be pure and sweet and not bitter. 😅

In sha Allah, I’m going to try my best to always say sweet and good things, as stated by Our beloved Rasulallah SAW,

“Speak Good or remain Silent”

So to always speaking good and sweet,

Love and prayers always,

F