are not hidden at all. And Allah Almighty is well aware of everything.’ (Al-Hadiqa-tun-Nadiyyah, vol. 2, pp. 270)

3.Not protecting the tongue

Dear Islamic brothers! Not protecting one’s tongue at times also becomes a means for the destruction of Iman. Nowadays, the state of people is such that they utter whatever comes to their mouth. The concept of being mindful of Allah’s pleasure and displeasure is diminishing away. Today’s youth hum songs containing words of Kufr in them. Same tongue is used to tell disrespectful jokes about the Paradise, Hell, angels and Allah Almighty. Using the same tongue, some people utter Kufr while mourning over their poverty. Upon the death of a young person or the breadwinner of the house, people use the same tongue to utter the words of Kufr while complaining to Allah Almighty.

Please come to your senses. Control your tongue and safeguard it from useless, obscene and Kufriyah utterances. Remember! At times, such a sentence gets uttered from our tongues unintentionally that becomes a means of the destruction of our Iman and makes us deserving of the Hell. In this relation, let’s listen to two blessed sayings of the Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم and develop a mind-set of protecting our Iman.

٭ The Holy Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated: A person utters a sentence to make his companions laugh. But due to it, he falls (in the Hell) even farther than (the distance of the star) Surayya.

(Musnad-e-Imam Ahmad, vol. 3, pp. 366, Hadees 9231)

٭ He صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم stated: A person utters a sentence that displeases Allah Almighty and he is not even mindful of this fact that this will make him face the displeasure of Allah Almighty. But due to it, Allah Almighty writes for him His displeasure until the Day of Judgement.

(Tirmizi, vol. 4, pp. 143, Hadees 2326)

اَللّٰھُمَّ اَجِرۡنِیۡ مِنَ النَّار  O Allah Almighty! Grant me salvation from the fire (of Hell).