Turning Away From Pointless Talk

[salahdin]

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ​

Turning Away From Pointless Talk
Imam Al-Bayhaqi

The Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith [Summarized]
The Quilliam Press 1996
© belongs to the translator A. Murad





Allah Most High has said: Successful are the believers, who are humble in their prayers, and who turn away from pointless talk, [23:1-3] and: Those who do not bear witness to what is false, but when they pass by pointless talk, pass by with dignity, [25:72] and: When they hear pointless talk, they turn away from it. [28:55]

"Pointless talk" [laghw] is speech which is futile and irrelevant, and bears no relation to any true purpose. It brings no benefit to the one who utters it, and may well bring him misfortune instead.

Ali (r) related that the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu `alayhi wa sallam) said, "It is part of a man's sound practice of Islam that he leave alone that which is of no concern to him." [At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah]

Dhu'l-Nun said, "Whoever loves Allah lives truly, and whoever inclines to anything else damages his mind. A foolish man comes and goes, paying attention to what is nothing, while the intelligent man inspects his own thoughts scrupulously."

 

[IHearIslam]

Assalaamu alaikum,
I must say, your posts are beneficial (i feel like I mis-spelled that word )mashaAllaah.....one post after the other and it makes an individual want to read 'em all
may Allaah reward you greatly! ameen
avoiding laqh could be hard for some...especially at this day and age, where the YOUTH feel like they have to join every conversation *to fit in* subhanaAllaah! may Allaah help us all. ameen
But with Islam, I believe we can be better inshaAllaah,
this is a great reminder!
THANK YOU....and jazakaAllaah khair !

 

[Janaan]

بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ​

Turning Away From Pointless Talk
Imam Al-Bayhaqi

The Seventy-Seven Branches of Faith [Summarized]
The Quilliam Press 1996
© belongs to the translator A. Murad





Allah Most High has said: Successful are the believers, who are humble in their prayers, and who turn away from pointless talk, [23:1-3] and: Those who do not bear witness to what is false, but when they pass by pointless talk, pass by with dignity, [25:72] and: When they hear pointless talk, they turn away from it. [28:55]

As-salamu 'Aleykum!

Beautiful ayah Subhanallah! Honestly, I don't really think avoiding this is hard to do. Say, you're sitting with some people and just talking formally, then all of a sudden, the convo takes a turn and you hear them start babbling about useless stuff- now THAT'S your cue to walk away! But what makes it hard is the influence of the people around you in this messed up generation, subhanallah!
May Allah swt make us among the successful blievers and bless Imam Bayhaqy.
JazakAllah khayr for yet another beneficial post brother

 

[ProudToBeaMuslim]

JazakAllahu Khairan for the reminder brother.

 

[queenislam]

~Salam to all!


:salam2:

Thank you for sharing this useful guide brother,

~May Allah swt reward you~Amin!

Thank you,
Take Care!

~Wassalam.