Yesterday I was going through my blogs and I realised how long they were! I came across the following hadith and made a note to myself: definitely cut down the rambling a bit.

Taken from my favourite hadith compilation Riyad-us-Salihin (Garden of the Rightous):

700: Ammar bin Yasir r.a.a says: I heard the Prophet (peace be upon him) saying: ” Prolonging Salat (prayer) and shortening the Khutba (religious talk) indicate the religious knowledge (in anthor translation, intelligence and wisdom) of the person. Make your Salat long and your sermon short.” [Muslim]

Also remembering that our words are going to be judged by Allah (swt) as HE says in the Quran:

“Not a word does he utter but there is a watcher by him ready (to record it).” (50:18 )

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that the Prophet (SAW) said: “Whosoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak what is good or be silent.” (Agreed upon).

Hence, silence is preferred to useless speech!

In the words of a famous scholar Imam Shafi’ee : “If a person wishes to say something then he should think before he starts talking. If there is good, then he should speak, otherwise he should not.”

Note to myself again: Short and to the point!