Fasting of ears
Fast of ears implies listening to
only permissible voices and sounds such as recitation of the Holy Quran,
Sunnah-Inspiring speeches, useful talking, the Aẓān and the Iqāmah, reply to
the Aẓān and the Iqāmah etc. Never listen to drumbeating, music, songs,
useless and indecent jokes, backbiting, telling tales and faults of other
people etc. Do not eavesdrop anyone's private conversation.
The Prophet of Raḥmah, the
Intercessor of Ummah صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ
وَسَلَّم has said: If anyone listens secretly to the conversation of
other people who resent it, on the Day of Judgement, molten lead will be poured
into his ears. (Mu'jam Kabīr, pp. 198, vol. 11)
Fast of tongue
Fast of the tongue implies uttering
only permissible and good words such as recitation of the Holy Quran, Ẓikr, Ṣalāt-'Alan-Nabī,
Na'at, Dars, Sunnah-Inspiring speeches etc. Avoid useless talking. Beware!
Never misuse your tongue in committing sins such as abusing, lying, telling
tales etc. If a spoon becomes impure, it can be washed by pouring one or two
glasses of water on it but if the tongue becomes impure due to indecent speech,
then the water of seven oceans will not be able to purify it.
Ill effects of tongue's misuse
Sayyidunā Anas رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالَٰی عَنْہُ has narrated a Ḥadīš that one day the
Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ
وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم ordered his companions رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالَٰی عَنْہُم to fast and then
said: 'None of you is to do Ifṭār until I permit you.' So, the people fasted. In
the evening, the companions came individually to the Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم and said, 'Yā
Rasūlallāh صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم!
I have fasted today, please give me permission to do Ifṭār.' He would allow
them to do Ifṭār. One of the companions came and said: 'Yā Rasūlallāh صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم! In my house, there
are two girls who have also fasted today, they feel shyness in coming here,
please allow them to do Ifṭār.' The Holy Prophet صَلَّى
اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم turned his face away from him; he asked
for the second time, but the Blessed Rasūl صَلَّى
اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم turned his head away from him again. When
he asked for the third time the Holy Prophet صَلَّى
اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم said, revealing the news of Ghayb, 'Those
two girls have not fasted, how (can they say) they have fasted? They have been
eating the flesh of people all day long, go and tell them to vomit, if they
have fasted.'
The companion صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم went home and told
what the Noble Rasūl صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ
وَسَلَّم said. When they vomited, blood and pieces of flesh came out of
their mouths. The companion رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالَٰی
عَنْہُ returned to the Holy Prophet صَلَّى
اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم and told him about
the girls' condition. He صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ
وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم said, 'I swear by the One in whose
omnipotence my life is! If it had remained in their stomachs, fire would eat
them. (Because they both backbit others).' (Atturghīb Watarhīb, pp. 328,
vol. 3, Ḥadīš 15)
According to another Ḥadīš: When our Beloved
and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ
وَسَلَّم turned his face away from the companion رَضِیَ اللہُ تَعَالَٰی عَنْہُ he صَلَّى اللہُ
عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم came in front of the
Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم and said, 'Yā Rasūlallāh صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم they both have died' or 'they are about to die.' The Prophet of Raḥmah, the Intercessor of Ummah, the Owner of Jannah صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم commanded him to bring the girls to him. When they came he had a pot brought and ordered one of them to vomit in it. She vomited until the pot was full of blood and pieces of flesh. He صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم then ordered the other one to vomit; she also vomited as much. The Noble Prophet صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم said, 'They fasted from the things that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ declared Ḥalāl (i.e. eating, drinking etc) but broke their fast with the things that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ declared Ḥarām. The thing is, they sat together and began to eat the flesh of people (by backbiting).' (Atturghīb Watarhīb, pp. 95, vol. 2, Ḥadīš 8)
Knowledge of Ghayb of the Holy
Prophet ﷺ
Dear Islamic brothers! This
narration clearly proves that Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ
has given the knowledge of Ghayb to His Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللہُ عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم who is aware of his
Ummah's circumstances, which is why he صَلَّى اللہُ
عَلَيْہِ وَاٰلِہٖ وَسَلَّم gave the news of Ghayb about those two
girls sitting in the Masjid. Further, we have also learnt that committing sins
such as backbiting can directly affect fast and can make fasting unbearably
painful. Anyhow, whether one is in the state of fast or not, he must control
his speech or else it could lead to tragic consequences. If we adopt the
following three principles, we would avoid many troubles:
- Evil-talking is always bad.
- Silence is better than useless talking.
- Righteous talking is better than silence.
Mayrī zabān pay Qufl-e-Madīnah lag jāye
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