Stories of the Salaf preserving their tongues pt. 3/3

11)  ‘Umar bin ‘Abdul-’Aziz once said: “whoever knows and realize that his words, which he utters, are part of his deeds, he, surely will speak only with what concerns him”. 12)  al-Hasan bin Salih said: “We searched into where Wara’ (refers to the status where a person avoid doing what is Halal fearing that it [...]

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Stories of the Salaf preserving their tongues pt. 2/3

4)  Jubair bin ‘Abdullah said: I saw a man approaching Wahhab bin Manbah saying to him: “There is someone who backbites you” so Wahhab replied: “Did not the Shaytaan find anyone else but you to muck with and make him look like a fool?” Then it was just moments after that and the man came [...]

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Stories of the Salaf preserving their tongues pt. 1/3

Stories of the Salaf Preserving Their Tongues Shaykh ul-Islâm Ibn Taymiyyah said in his writings explaining the situations of many people: “It is much surprising to find a person who easily preserves himself from committing sins i.e. earning money from Harâm sources, being unjust, stealing, drinking alcohol or looking at what is unlawful for him [...]

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