328 – Chapter: The disapproval of pedantic speech, mouth-stretching affectation, forced eloquence, the use of outlandish vocabulary, and minute points of grammar when addressing the common people and the like.

1745 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “al-mutanattiʿūn have perished!” He repeated it three times. Collected by Muslim. Al-mutanattiʿūn are those who go to extremes and split hairs.

1746 – ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Allah loathes the smooth-tongued man who works his tongue about as a cow works its tongue.” Recorded by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who graded it sound.

1747 – Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh (may Allah be pleased with them both) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The most beloved of you to me and the ones seated closest to me on the Day of Resurrection are those of you with the best character; and the most detested of you to me and the farthest from me on the Day of Resurrection are ath-thartharūn (the compulsively talkative), al-mutashaddiqūn (those who contort their mouths in affected speech), and al-mutafayhiqūn (the pompous boasters).” Recorded by al-Tirmidhī, who said: a sound ḥadīth. Its explanation has already passed in the Chapter on Good Character ⦗1⦘.

329 – Chapter: The disapproval of saying, “My soul has become foul.”

1748 – ʿĀʾishah (may Allah be pleased with her) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “None of you should say, ‘khabuthat nafsī (my soul has become filthy),’ but let him say instead, ‘laqisat nafsī (my soul feels heavy).’ ” Agreed upon. The scholars explain that khabuthat means ghathat (it feels nauseated), which is also the meaning of laqisat, yet he disliked the word khubth (filth).