“Laghw, in speech, is whatever is of no consequence; it is uttered without deliberate thought and therefore resembles laghā, the chirping of sparrows and other birds. Abū ʿUbaydah said: laghw and laghā are like ʿayb and ʿāb. He cited for them the poetic line: ‘… away from laghā and indecent words….’ It is said: laghaytu alghā, just as laqītu alqā, and every ugly utterance may be called laghw.”

I say: This ḥadīth warns against neglecting a refined etiquette of conversation and social gatherings: one should not cut people off while they are speaking. Rather, he should listen in silence until they finish, even if he is the most senior person present; then he may speak in his turn if he wishes. This is more conducive to benefiting from the exchange between both parties, especially when the discussion concerns Islamic scholarship. Regrettably, most interlocutors today fall short in observing this etiquette, so we draw their attention to it. May Allah adorn all of us with the manners of His Prophet ﷺ.

171 – “The Prophet ﷺ would go out on the Day of Fiṭr proclaiming the takbīr until he reached the prayer-ground and until the prayer was completed; when the prayer was finished he would cease the takbīr.”

Ibn Abī Shaybah recorded it in al-Muṣannaf (2/1/2): “Yazīd ibn Hārūn narrated to us, from Ibn Abī Dhʾīb, from al-Zuhrī: ‘that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to…’”—and so forth.