An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
8. Manners In Speech
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cause,” said the Prophet. Then he asked Muadh,
“Shall I tell you what the key to all this is?” Again
Muadh expressed his desire to know. The Prophet
put out his tongue and, holding it between thumb
and the forefinger, said, “Control this.” “Shall we be
taken to task for what we say?” enquired Muadh
“Your own mother should despair of you,”
answered the Prophet. “What will it be if not
people’s own tongues which will cause them to be
thrown head first into the fire?”
NEVER EXPRESSING DISDAIN FOR FOOD
Whatever the dish brought before the Prophet, he
would never say anything disparaging about it.
According to Abu Hurayrah, the Prophet was never
in the habit of finding fault with food. If he liked
something, he ate it; if not, he left it.
(AL-BUKHARI, MUSLIM)
ANSWERING CRITICISM CALMLY
A woman of the Banu Asad came before Abdullah
ibn Masud and said to him, “I hear that you curse
both the tattooer and the tattooed. But I have read
