What Throws People Into Hell

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
In The Name of Allah, Most Merciful, Most Compassionate
Assalaamu alaykum

Dear Friends,

I pray that you are well.

The one who believes in Allah, fears Allah's threat of punishment and he hopes in His reward. He strives to perform what Allah commands and leave what Allah forbids. The most important of what is upon him from this is being careful about his tongue and limbs, which are under his control, and which he will be asked about on the Day of Judgment.

"Verily! The hearing, and the sight, and the heart, of each of those you will be questioned (by Allah)" Qur'an al-Israa' 36.

"Not a word does he (or she) utter, but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it)." Qur'an Qaf 18.

"Let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day speak good, or keep silent; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his neighbor; and let him who believes in Allah and the Last Day be generous to his guest." (related by Bukhari and Muslim)

Sins of the tongue are numerous and there is nothing that throws people into Hell except the harvest of their tongues.

On the authority of Mu'aadh ibn Jabal, Allah be pleased with him, who said:

"I said: O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an act which will take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hell Fire.

He said: You have asked me about a great matter, yet it is easy for him for whom Allah makes it easy: Worship Allah, without associating any partners with Him; establish the Prayer; pay the Zakat; fast in Ramadhan; and make the Pilgrimage to the House.

Then he said: Shall I not guide you towards the means of goodness? Fasting is a shield; charity wipes away sin as water extinguishes fire; and the praying of a man in the depths of the night. Then he recited: "[Those] who forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and hope, and they spend (charity in Allah's Cause) out of what We have bestowed on them. No person knows what is kept hidden for them of joy as a reward for what they used to do." [Surah as-Sajdah 16-17]

Then he said: Shall I not inform you of the head of the matter, its pillar and its peak?

I said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah.

He said: The head of the matter is Islaam, its pillar is the Prayer and its peak is jihaad.

Then he said: Shall I not tell you of the foundation of all of that?

I said: Yes, O Mesenger of Allah.

So he took hold of his tongue and said: "Restrain this."

I said: O Prophet of Allah, will we be taken to account for what we say with it?

He said: May your mother be bereaved of you, O Mu'aadh! Is there anything that throws people into the Hell Fire upon their faces - or : on their noses - except the harvests of their tongues?"
(related by at-Tirmidhi)

The Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, has said: "Everything that the son of Adam speaks will be a proof against him, except the dhikr of Allah and his ordering the good and forbidding the evil."

So, whosoever understands this, and protects the rights of his Iman, then he will fear Allah and have taqwa of Allah with regards to his tongue, and he will not speak except with good, or will remain silent.

Goodly speech is a sign of someone who is concerned about the Day of Judgment.

May Allah save us from Hellfire. Ameen. Please don't forget us in your night prayers. Jazakallahu khairan.

And Allah knows best.
Wassalaam