English
Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: A man said to the Prophet (ﷺ): “O Messenger of Allah, how do I know when I do good or bad?” The Prophet (ﷺ) said: “If you hear your neighbors saying, ‘You have done good 1,’ you have done good; if you hear them saying, ‘You have done bad,’ you have done bad.”
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “saying, ‘You have done good…’”: In Al-Mirqat, it is said: This indicates people's tongues are truth's pens.
Note 1
(۱) قوله: يقولون: قد أحسنت. إلخ : قال في «المرقاة»: وفيه إشارة إلى أن ألسنة الخلق أقلام الحق.