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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is every word a person utters recorded by the angels?

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Question : We are left with the speech that falls into neither of these categories; is it recorded?

Answer : The apparent meaning of the noble verse is that it is recorded:
Man does not utter any wordمَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ
[Qaf 50:18]
Any speech that is uttered, everything is recorded
and Allah is over all things competent.وَاللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ
[Al-Hashr 59:6]
. If the creation of man for a recording tape records everything a person utters, what then of what is in the hands of the angels?
Yes, they are made to obey by the command of Allah. Some scholars said that they do not record except what entails reward or punishment. A man entered upon Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him) and found him groaning from an illness that had befallen him. He said to him: Tawus, one of the famous Tabi'un, said that the angels record even the groaning of a sick person in his illness. Do you know his groaning?
So he (may Allah have mercy on him) held back from groaning for fear that it would be recorded. This indicates that everything a person utters is recorded against him, but the recompense is according to the deed: he is recompensed for a good deed with a good deed like it, and for an evil deed with an evil deed like it.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [529 -850] هل كل كلام يتلفظ به الإنسان تكتبه الملائكة؟ - الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين — youtube.com

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