Chapter: The Dislike of Pedantic, Affected, and Over-articulated Speech, and of Employing Subtle Linguistic Niceties When Addressing Ordinary Folk and the Like

1736 – Ibn Masʿūd reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Those who go to extremes have perished.” He repeated it three times. Recorded by Muslim. “Those who go to extremes” refers to people who are excessive in their affairs.

1737 – ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Allah detests the eloquent man who twists his tongue about the way a cow moves its tongue.” Recorded by Abū Dāwūd and al-Tirmidhī, who graded it ḥasan (sound).

1738 – Jābir ibn ʿAbdullāh reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “The dearest of you to me and the closest to me in seating on the Day of Resurrection will be those of you who have the best character, while the most loathsome to me and the farthest from me on that Day will be the verbose and the pretentious,