Part of Concepts of Ahl as-Sunnah (series completed)
· Lesson 749 of 1251
Summary of Sunni concepts | Concept (747) | Tongue lesions
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A summary of the concepts held by the Ahl al-Sunnah.
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The afflictions of the tongue.
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The afflictions of the tongue are numerous and varied.
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Among them are lying, backbiting, and tale-bearing.
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As well as slandering and mocking others.
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Idle speech and ridicule.
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Obscenity and foul language.
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All of these are afflictions and base character traits.
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Muslims know from their religion that these are forbidden and lead to dire consequences.
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Yet, hardly anyone is safe from them or from some of them.
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Some fall into them frequently, others less so.
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This is only because the true driving force behind them
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is a sickness of the heart that goes unnoticed.
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The heart is the king of the body, which governs it entirely.
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As the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"Indeed, there is a piece of flesh in the body;
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if it is sound, the entire body is sound,
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and if it is corrupt, the entire body is corrupt.
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It is the heart."
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Agreed upon.
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The tongue merely translates what is within the heart.
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Hearts are like cooking pots,
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and tongues are their ladles.
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This reconciles the previous hadith
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with the hadith: "When the son of Adam wakes up in the morning,
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all his limbs humble themselves before the tongue,"
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and they say:
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"Fear Allah regarding us,
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for we are dependent upon you;
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if you are upright, we are upright,
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and if you deviate, we deviate."
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His saying "humble themselves before the tongue"
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means they submit and bow down to it,
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derived from the act of 'takfir',
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which is the bowing of the head
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and lowering it close to the position of bowing (ruku'),
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just as one does when wishing to show reverence to another.
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This action is directed by the limbs toward the tongue
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because it is the outward executor of actions,
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even if the source and initiator of the action is the heart.