Silence and Controlling the Tongue
Al-Kāfi|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 56
16ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ السَّكُونِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ الله (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) يُعَذِّبُ الله اللِّسَانَ بِعَذَابٍ لا يُعَذِّبُ بِهِ شَيْئاً مِنَ الْجَوَارِحِ فَيَقُولُ أَيْ رَبِّ عَذَّبْتَنِي بِعَذَابٍ لَمْ تُعَذِّبْ بِهِ شَيْئاً فَيُقَالُ لَهُ خَرَجَتْ مِنْكَ كَلِمَةٌ فَبَلَغَتْ مَشَارِقَ الأرْضِ وَمَغَارِبَهَا فَسُفِكَ بِهَا الدَّمُ الْحَرَامُ وَانْتُهِبَ بِهَا الْمَالُ الْحَرَامُ وَانْتُهِكَ بِهَا الْفَرْجُ الْحَرَامُ وَعِزَّتِي وَجَلالِي لأعَذِّبَنَّكَ بِعَذَابٍ لا أُعَذِّبُ بِهِ شَيْئاً مِنْ جَوَارِحِكَ.
16. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from Abu ‘Abdillah عليه السلام who has said the following: “The Messenger of Allah has said, ‘Allah will punish the tongue with a punishment that no other part will suffer thereby. And the tongue will say, “O Lord, You have punished me with a punishment that no one has suffered thereby.” It then will be said to the tongue, “From you came out a word that reached the East and West of the earth. It caused unlawful bloodshed, destroyed properties illegally, and caused unlawful sexual relations to take place. I swear by My Majesty and Glory to punish you with a punishment whereby no other parts of you has suffered.’””
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (8/222)
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