and the west. Agreed upon.

The verb “yatabayyanu” means: he reflects on whether the word is good or not.

1515 – Abū Hurayrah  likewise related that the Prophet ﷺ said: “A servant may speak a word that gains the good pleasure of Allah Most High, yet he gives it no thought, and Allah raises him by it many degrees. And a servant may speak a word that incurs the anger of Allah, yet he gives it no thought, and because of it he plunges into Hell.” Reported by al-Bukhārī.

Explanation

These three ḥadiths clarify the danger of the tongue; it is one of the most perilous organs a person possesses. In the first ḥadith the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever guarantees for me what is between his jaws and what is between his legs, I shall guarantee Paradise for him.” What lies between the jaws is the tongue, and what lies between the legs is the private part, for both men and women. That is, whoever safeguards his tongue and his private part—protecting his tongue from forbidden speech such as lying, back-biting, tale-bearing, fraud, and the like, and protecting his private part from fornication, sodomy, and every avenue that leads to them—the Prophet ﷺ guarantees him Paradise. In other words, his reward will be Paradise if he guards his tongue and his private part. A slip of the tongue is as serious as a slip of the private part—extremely dangerous. The Prophet ﷺ coupled the two because the tongue possesses a desire for speech; many people become bold and take pleasure when they speak about other people’s