(Third chain) The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: Indeed, a person utters a word because of which he slips and falls into the Fire to a distance as far as the distance between the east and the west.
Hadith Referenceالفتح الربانی / كتاب آفات اللسان / 9916
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«أخرجه مسلم: 2988 (8923 ترقیم بيت الأفكار الدولية: 8909»
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … People, in jest, hurl obscene insults at one another, calling each other Christian, Jew, or even “Karar,” and they mock the Sunnahs.
A Muslim should adopt seriousness, and suffice himself only with those means of recreation that the Shari‘ah has permitted.