Who admonishes our tongues when we wake up in the morning?!

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: ”When the son of Adam wakes up in the morning, all the limbs humble themselves before the tongue and say: ”Fear Allah for our sake, (for) we are with you; if you are upright, we will be upright; and if you are crooked, we will become crooked.” [1]

The Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, also said: ”Whoever can guarantee (the chastity of) what is between his two jaw bones and what is between his two legs (i.e. his mouth, his tongue and his private parts), I guarantee Paradise for him.” [2]

Al-Hasan Bin Salih, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: I thoroughly scrutinised the fear of Allah that presents a person from entering into doubtful matter out of fear of falling into what is forbidden and did not find it more lacking in anything than the tongue”. [3]

Yunus Ibn Ubayd, may Allah have mercy upon him, said: ”Indeed, you see a man fasting a lot, abstaining from the forbidden matters and praying the night prayer, then he testifies to falsehood in the morning.” [4]

In a supplication of the Prophet: [وأسألُك كلمةَ الحقِّ في الرِّضَا والغضب – I ask You (O Allaah) to make me true in speech in times of pleasure and anger] [5]

The one who does not utter except the truth during anger and pleasure, this is a proof of his strong Iman and that he is in control of his Nafs. [6]

A man said to Salman al-Farisi, may Allah be pleased with him, ”Advise me!” He said: ”Do not speak”. He said, ”I am not able to live amongst the people without speaking.” He said, ”If you speak, then speak the truth or keep silent.” [7]

Disobedience can appear agreeable to a human being, such as Gheebah, Nameemah, self-praise and being quarrelsome – whether uttered blatantly or indirectly, verbally abusing the one you hate, praising the one you love and what is similar to that. The intense urge to engage in these deeds agrees with the soul’s desire, becomes easy for the tongue to move and thus one’s patience weakens, thus, due to this the Messenger, peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him, said to Mu’adh, may Allah be pleased with him, “Restrain your tongue”, so Mu’adh said, “O Messenger of Allah! Will we be held accountable for what we say?’ He said, ‘May your mother be bereaved of you, O Mu’aadh! Is there anything that topples people on their faces – or he said on their noses into the fire- other than the harvest of their tongues?!” [8]

Regarding the statement, “May your mother be bereaved of you, O Mu’adh!” The Arabs used this statement for the purpose of persuasion and exhortation, and they did not intend its apparent meaning, which is “May his mother lose him”, rather what is intended is persuasion and exhortation”. [9]

[1] Sahih at-Tirmidhee Number 2407

[2] Al-Bukhaari. 6474

[3] Siyar 7/368]

[4] Hilyatul Awliyaa 3/20]

[5] https://salafidawahmanchester.com/2021/01/01/o-allaah-let-me-live-if-life-is-good-for-me-and-let-me-die-if-death-is-good-for-me/

[6] Fiqhul Ad’iyah Wal-Adkaar’ parts 3 & 4’ page 167

[7] Jaami Al-Uloom Wal-Hikam page144

[8] Sharh Ar-Risaalah Al-Mughniyah Fis Sukoot Wa Luzoomil Buyoot. Lesson 1. By Shaikh Abdur Razzzaq Al-Badr- may Allah preserve him.

[9] Sharh Al-Arba’een An-Nawawiyyah’ by Imaam Muhammad Ibn Saaleh Al-Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy upon him). Hadeeth Number 29, page 295]