´It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` “There will be a tribulation which will utterly destroy the Arabs, and those who are slain will be in Hell. At that time the tongue will be worse than a blow of the sword.”
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:
Note:
(In the chain of narration, Layth ibn Abi Sulaym is a weak narrator,
and Ziyad ibn Simin is lenient in hadith transmission.)
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2178
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
This narration is weak in its chain of transmission.
However, in such circumstances, to speak with the tongue...
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Fitnah (tribulation) will only arise when someone supports or opposes another unjustly.
Enjoining good and forbidding evil (amr bil-ma'ruf wa nahi 'anil-munkar) is never prohibited in any era.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4265