The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And those who turn away from vain talk"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:[Al-Mu'minun 23:3] What is the definition of vain talk? And is what circulates in some gatherings considered vain talk? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
Vain talk means falsehood, falsehood in words and actions, and every falsehood is vain talk. It is called vain talk because it is discarded and not considered. So the believers[Al-Mu'minun 23:1-3] avoid vain talk, gatherings of vain talk, listening to vain talk, listening to songs; these are from vain talk. Songs and musical instruments, and false words, all of this is from vain talk. All forbidden actions are from vain talk.
Allah, Exalted and Majestic is He, praised[Ali 'Imran 3:69] and said about them: [Al-Qasas 28:55] "Peace" means separation, not the greeting of peace. It is a peace of separation: "Peace be upon you; we do not seek the ignorant."
So the Muslim avoids vain talk, and among it is what is broadcast and spread on television; all of this is from vain talk, all of it is from falsehood. So the believer turns away from it, avoids it, does not look at it, and does not listen to it. Yes, and he does not attend gatherings in which there is vain talk. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:140] they mock them and they are mocked, and [An-Nisa 4:140], and He said to His Prophet: [Al-An'am 6:68] It is not permissible to attend gatherings of amusement, falsehood, and sins. It is not permissible for a person to attend them and sit in them. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He:
And they who turn away from ill speech
وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَAnswer:
Vain talk means falsehood, falsehood in words and actions, and every falsehood is vain talk. It is called vain talk because it is discarded and not considered. So the believers
(1) Certainly will the believers have succeeded: (2) They who are during their prayer humbly submissive (3) And they who turn away from ill speech
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ الَّذِينَ هُمْ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ خَاشِعُونَ وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَAllah, Exalted and Majestic is He, praised
A faction of the people of the Scripture
طَّائِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِAnd when they hear ill speech, they turn away from it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds. Peace will be upon you
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا اللَّغْوَ أَعْرَضُوا عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا لَنَا أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكُمْSo the Muslim avoids vain talk, and among it is what is broadcast and spread on television; all of this is from vain talk, all of it is from falsehood. So the believer turns away from it, avoids it, does not look at it, and does not listen to it. Yes, and he does not attend gatherings in which there is vain talk. Allah the Exalted said:
And it has already come down to you in the Book that when you hear the verses of Allah
وَقَدْ نَزَّلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِthat when you hear the verses of Allah [recited], they are denied [by them] and ridiculed; so do not sit with them until they enter into another conversation. Indeed, you would then be like them. Indeed Allah will gather the hypocrites and disbelievers in Hell all together -
أَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتُمْ آيَاتِ اللَّهِ يُكْفَرُ بِهَا وَيُسْتَهْزَأُ بِهَا فَلَا تَقْعُدُوا مَعَهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا مِّثْلُهُمْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَامِعُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْكَافِرِينَ فِي جَهَنَّمَ جَمِيعًاAnd when you see those who engage in [offensive] discourse concerning Our verses, then turn away from them until they enter into another conversation. And if Satan should cause you to forget, then do not remain after the reminder with the wrongdoing people.
وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ الَّذِينَ يَخُوضُونَ فِي آيَاتِنَا فَأَعْرِضْ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يَخُوضُوا فِي حَدِيثٍ غَيْرِهِ وَإِمَّا يُنسِيَنَّكَ الشَّيْطَانُ فَلَا تَقْعُدْ بَعْدَ الذِّكْرَىٰ مَعَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَThe presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-036-الفتوى وعمن تؤخذ|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (57:35)
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