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Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “The Hour will not come until a people emerge who eat with their tongues as 1 cows eat with their tongues.”
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- Candidate: Musnad Ahmad 1483 (unverified) 30% confidence
- Candidate: Mishkat al-Masabih 4803 (unverified) 30% confidence
Mishkat (candidate) 4803
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: eat with their tongues, etc., meaning they make their tongues a means of their sustenance, like a cow that cannot distinguish between moist and thorny, sweet and bitter, but consumes everything with its tongue. Likewise, these people use their tongues as a means to their sustenance, not distinguishing between truth and falsehood, or lawful and unlawful. Acceptable speech is that which meets the need, aligns inwardly and outwardly, and conforms to the Sharia. As cited from Al-Mirqat.
Note 1
(۱) قوله: يأكلون بألسنتهم إلخ : أي يجعلون ألسنتهم وسائل أكلهم كالبقرة التي لا تستطيع أن تميز في رعيها بين الرطب والشوكة، وبين الحلو والمرّ، بل تَلِفٌ الكل بلسانها لفا، فكذلك هؤلاء الذين يتخذون ألسنتهم ذريعة إلى ماكلهم، لا يميزون بين الحق والباطل، ولا بين الحلال والحرام، فالمرضي من الكلام ما يكون قدر الحاجة يوافق ظاهره باطنه على منوال الشريعة ملتقط من المرقاة».