Originally
written in Arabic by IMAM AL-BAYHQI
Allah
Most High has said: Successful are the believers, who are humble in their
prayers, and who turn away from pointless talk, [23:1-3] and: Those who do
not bear witness to what is false, but when they pass by pointless talk,
pass by with dignity, [25:72] and: When they hear pointless talk, they
turn away from it. [28:55] "Pointless talk" [laghw] is speech,
which is futile and
irrelevant, and bears no relation to any true purpose.
It brings no benefit to the one who utters it, and may well bring him
misfortune instead. Ali (r) related that the Messenger of Allah (salallahu
alayhi wasalam) said,
"It is part of a man's sound practice of Islam that he leave alone
that which is of no concern to him". [Reference-At-Tirmidhi, Sunnan
Ibn Majah] Dhu'l-Nun said, "Whoever loves Allah lives truly, and
whoever inclines to anything else damages his mind. A foolish man comes
and goes, paying attention to what is nothing, while the intelligent man
inspects his own thoughts scrupulously."
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