The explanation of the obscene qualities arising from tongue

Loving Allah’s Enemies

Befriending Allah’s enemies is caused by an ill heart. Human should love goodness and Allah’s friends, and hate wickedness and the wrongdoers. If someone acts vice versa then, he is ill hearted. He should cure his illness with the Qur’¡nic verses; otherwise he should expect its consequences in this world and the Last World.

The holy Qur’¡n, the Prophet (s.a), and his disciples were hard to the disbelievers and kind to their religious brothers:

مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَالَّذِينَ مَعَهُ أَشِدَّاءُ عَلَى الْكُفَّارِ رُحَمَاءُ بَيْنَهُمْ.

Mu¦ammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are hard against the disbelievers and merciful among themselves. (48:29)

The holy Qur’¡n recommends the believers:

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَتَّخِذُوا عَدُوِّي وَعَدُوَّكُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ تُلْقُونَ إِلَيْهِمْ بِالْمَوَدَّةِ وَقَدْ كَفَرُوا بِمَا جَاءَكُمْ مِنْ الْحَقِّ.

O believers, take not My enemy and your enemy for friends, offering them love, though they have disbelieved in the truth that has come to you. (60:1)

The Qur’¡n states in Al-Mujadila Chapter:

لا تَجِدُ قَوْمًا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالْيَوْمِ الآخِرِ يُوَادُّونَ مَنْ حَادَّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ وَلَوْ كَانُوا آبَاءَهُمْ أَوْ أَبْنَاءَهُمْ أَوْ إِخْوَانَهُمْ أَوْ عَشِيرَتَهُمْ.

You shall not find any people who believe in Allah and the Last Day who are loving to anyone who opposes Allah and His Messenger, not though they were their fathers, or their sons, or their brothers, or their clan. (58:22)

Hypocrisy with Brotherhood-in-faith

Hypocrisy and double facedness with the religious brothers is so much disgusting and impure that the Dominant Allah, in His Qur’¡n, has considered the most severe chastisement and the worst place in the Hell for the hypocrites.

The Hypocrites are those who express their belief before the believers, but turn against them in their absence. The hypocrites are in constant relationship with the disbelievers to take the believers into trouble, and transfer their secrets to the disbelievers. The hypocrisy is an interminable disease that is impossible to cure.

The hypocrite’s belief in on his tongue and his disbelief is in his heart. His heart and mind are polluted, his morality poor, his thought satanic, and his personality is dangerous and freaky.

In addition to the Qur’¡nic verses that show hypocrite’s signs in various chapters, there are important traditions in the tradition books, some of which appear here:

Imam al-Riza (a.s), in reply to Mu¦ammad Ibn Fu¤ayl, wrote about the hypocrites:

إنَّ المُنَافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ... لَيْسُوا مِنْ عِتْرَةِ رَسُولِ اللهِ وَلَيْسُوا مِنَ المُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَيْسُوا مِنَ المُسْلِمِينَ، يُظْهِرُونَ الإيمَانَ وَيُسِرُّونَ الكُفْرَ وَالتَّكْذِيبَ، لَعَنَهُمُ اللهُ.

The double faced people who make duplicity in relation to Allah, the religion, the Prophet (s.a), and the Muslims are not considered among the Prophet’s disciples and the believers. They pretend to be believers and hide their disbelief and lying. May Allah curse them all![1]

Imam s¡diq (a.s) said:

مِنْ عَلامَاتِ النِّفَاقِ قَسَاوَةُ القَلْبِ وَجُمُودُ العَيْنِ وَالإصْرارُ عَلى الذَّنْبِ وَالحِرْصُ عَلَى الدُّنْيَا.

Among the signs of hypocrisy are: hardheartedness, inability to weep, insistence on sins, and too much longing for this world.[2]

The Messenger of Allah (s.a) stated:

One whose inside is not the same as his appearance is a hypocrite, regardless of his place, situation, and status.[3]

Doubtfulness about Acceptance of Supplications

This was explained in previous sections under mistrust and pessimism.

Postponing the Prayers

The prayer is a comprehensive worship and the most beautiful rite for expressing service and humility to the Lord of the worlds.

The Qur’¡nic verses and the traditions have revealed invaluable facts about the prayer. Prayer prohibits human from wrongdoing and the unlawful things. Establishing prayers is a sign of the believers. All the prophets (s.a) were establishers of prayer. The prophets recommended their family members to say prayers, too.

Observing all the prayers is an obligation. Prayer is among the religious rules, the cause of Allah’s content, and the Prophet’s manner. After acceptance of and insight into the religion, prayer is the core of Islam. Everything has a value, and the worth of the religion is prayer. Prayer is a major barrier against satanic inspirations. Prayer brings about descending of Allah’s Mercy. The dearest deed before Allah is prayer. It is the last recommendation of the Prophet (s.a) before his demise, and the light of his eyes. It closes the servant to Allah. Prayer is the pillar of the religion. Saying prayers while observing all its conditions leads to the forgiveness. The first deed that is observed by Allah in the Hereafter is prayer. The first thing, which is accounted for, is prayer. It removes proud from human heart. The prayer is accepted in case of piety, and being away from the sins.

The preference of prayer at the beginning of its time is like the preference of the Hereafter to this world, and it is better than wealth and children for the believer.

One who does not say prayers is away from Allah’s Mercy and the intercession of the mediators. He is a disbeliever and would be placed among the Christians and Jews in the Last Day. One who despises the prayer is ignored by Allah and His Prophet (s.a). Leaving, despising, or delaying the prayer holds back supplications.

Leaving Alms-giving

Doing good to the people and alms giving to the poor makes Allah content and brings about His Mercy and acceptance of supplications.

The Messenger of Allah (s.a) stated:

الصَّدَقَةُ تَمْنَعُ سَبْعِينَ نَوعاً مِنْ أنْوَاعِ البَلاءِ أهْوَنُهَا الجُذَامُ وَالبَرَصُ.

Alms giving avoids seventy kinds of calamities from human, the smallest of which are leprosy and aphesis.[4]

He also said:

شَافُوا مَرْضَاكُمْ بِالصَّدَقَةِ. وَالصَّدَقَةُ تُطِيلُ العُمُرَ وَتَزِيدُ فِي الرِّزْقِ.

Give alms and cure your patients with it. Giving alms surely removes illnesses and grief. It increases your goodness and your life.[5]

A Wonderful Story about Charity

’Abed, a pious man from Moses clan, implored Allah to grant him a child for thirty years, but his prayer was not answered. He went to the covenant of an Israelite prophet and said: ‘O prophet of Allah! Ask Allah to give me a child. I have asked this from Allah, but I have no child yet.’

That prophet prayed and then said: ‘O ‘Abed! My supplication for you was accepted. You will soon have a child. But Allah has inclined that your child’s wedding night would be the last night of his life.’

‘Abed came home and told the story to his wife. His wife said: ‘We asked Allah to grant us a child to relax with him, but when he reaches puberty he will suffer us. Nonetheless we should be happy with Allah’s fate.’ Her husband answered: ‘We are both old and unable. We might die in his puberty, so that we would not suffer from his death.’

After nine months, Allah endowed them with a cute son. They were troubled a lot for raising him until he reached youth and asked his parents to marry him with a decent wife. His parents neglected his request to be able to live with him more. Finally, they could not help arraigning a wedding for him. On the wedding night, they were waiting for their son’s fate to come and bring his death. The bride and groom spent that night safely and remained alive for a week. The parents delightfully went to their prophet and asked the reason. The prophet said: ‘It is a surprise! What I told you about your son was Allah’s revelation to me. We should see what your son has done that Allah has removed the misfortune from his fate.’ Then the trustee Gabriel descended and said: ‘Allah sends peace to you and says: Tell the son’s parents: Their son’s fate was what you told them, but the son did a good deed that changed his fate. He was eating on his wedding night when a poor old woman came to him and asked for food. The young man gave her his own special food. The old woman ate the food, which seemed pleasant to her. Then she raised her hands toward Me and said: ‘O Lord! Increases his lifetime!’ As the creator of the world, I added eighty years to the young man’s age, for the supplication of that woman. My servants should know that no one is a loser in dealing with Me and I destroy no one’s reward.’[6]

Speaking Rudely

The speech power can bring great rewards for human via saying the truth and guiding people toward it, or solving their problems. It may also utter illogical and untrue things, and commit sins like backbiting, accusation, spreading rumors, and saying obscene utterances, and hence bring about doomed chastisement for human. Muslim notables have said:

The tongue’s weight is little, but its charge is great.

The Prophet of Islam (s.a) stated:

إنَّ أكْثَرَ خَطَايَا ابْنِ آدَمَ فِي لِسَانِهِ.

Most of human faults are surely caused by his tongue.[7]

Imam Sadiq (a.s) said:

Among the signs of Satan interfering with human activities is that he is scurrilous; he is not afraid of what he says and what is said about him.[8]

Imam Sadiq (a.s) affirmed:

البِذَاءُ مِنَ الجَفَاءِ وَالجَفَاءُ فِي النَّارِ.

Abusive language is caused by untruth, and untruth is placed in the Fire.[9]

In some traditions we read:

مَنْ قَالَ فُحْشاً فِي أخِيهِ المُسْلِمِ رَفَعَ اللهُ مِنْ رِزْقِهِ البَرَكَةَ وَأوْكَلَهُ إلَى نَفْسِهِ.

If one uses abusive language about his religious brother, Allah would remove blessings from his sustenance, leave him to himself, and destroy his life facilities.[10]