Collection: Jami' al-Tirmidhi

“Do not talk too much without remembrance of Allah. Indeed excessive talking without remembrance of Allah hardens the heart. And indeed the furthest of people from Allah is the harsh-hearted.”

“The son of Adam’s speech is against him not for him, except for commanding good, or forbidding evil, or remembrance of Allah.”

“The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) made a bond of brotherhood between Salman and Abu Ad-Darda. Salman went to visit Abu Ad-Darda, and saw Umm Ad-Darda wearing shabby clothes, So he said: ‘Why are you wearing such shabby clothes?’ She said: ‘Your brother Abu Ad-Darda has no interest in the world.’ So when Abu Ad-Darda arrived, […]

“Mu’awiyah wrote a letter to ‘Aishah, that: ‘Write a letter to advise me , and do not overburden me.’” He said: “So ‘Aishah wrote to Mu’awiyah: ‘Peace be upon you. As for what follows: Indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) saying: Whoever seeks Allah’s pleasure by the people’s wrath, Allah will suffice him […]

“In the end of time there shall come men who will swindle the world with religion, decieving the people in soft skins of sheep, their tongues are sweeter than sugar and their hearts are the hearts of wolves. Allah says: ‘Is it me you try to delude or is it against me whom you conspire? […]

“Indeed Allah, Most High, said:’I have created creatures whose tongues are sweeter than honey and their hearts are more bitter than aloes. So by Me, I swear to abase them with a Fitnah, leaving them utterly devoid of reason. Is it Me whom they try to delude, or it is against Me whom they conspire?’”

“I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! What is the means to salvation?’ He said: ‘That you control your tongue, suffice yourself your house, and cry over your sins.’”

“When the son of Adam wakes up in the morning, all of his body parts bow to the tongue and say: ‘Fear Allah regarding us, we are only part of you. If you are straight we are straight and if you are crooked we are crooked.”

“Whoever guarantees for me what is between his jaws and what is between his legs, I shall guarantee Paradise for him.”

“For whomever Allah protects against the evil of what is between his jaws and the evil of what is between his legs, he shall enter Paradise.”