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Hifz ul-Lisaan - You must control your tongue. The Prophet (saw) caught the tongue of Mu’adh ibn Jabal (ra) and said,

"Guard this (your tongue)." He said "are we to be accounted for what we say?" the Prophet (saw) said "may your mother cry for you, people will be thrown into hellfire on their faces as a result of there tongues" Musnad Imam Ahmad, Hadith no. 21511 and Sunan al-Tirmizi, Hadith no. 2616 and Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith no. 3973

Sahl ibn Sa’eed (ra) narrated that the Prophet (saw) said:

"Whoever can guarantee to guard what is between his lips (tongue) and between his legs, I Guarantee for him Paradise." Saheeh al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 6474 and Musnad Imam Ahmad, Hadith no. 22316 and Sunan al-Tirmizi, Hadith no. 2408



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