An Islamic Treasury of Virtues
8. Manners In Speech
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hand from their blood. May my tongue never be
stained by it.”
(JAMI‘ BAYAN AL-‘ILM)
CRITICISE FREELY, BUT AVOID WRANGLING
When Taus met Wahab ibn Munabbih one day, he
addressed him as Abu Abdullah and informed him
that a grave accusation was being made against
him, namely that he had said it was God himself
who had caused the people of Sodom and
Gomorrah to practice homosexuality. All that
Wahab said in reply was, “God forbid,” and no
argument ensued.
(JAMI‘ BAYAN AL-‘ILM)
CRITICISE CONSTRUCTIVELY. AVOID UNJUST
ACCUSATION
Abdullah, son of Umar ibn Khattab, completely
disassociated himself from the civil wars, which
followed upon the assassination of Ali. When his
contemporaries accused him of not participating in
the
jihad
he explained his stance by asking, “How
can it be permissible for one Muslim to spill the
