Combining the hadith of the limbs and the tongue with the hadith of the small piece of flesh
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you reconcile what is reported in the hadith that the limbs say to the tongue, "We are only with you," with the hadith that there is a small piece of flesh in the body, and if it is sound, the whole body is sound?
Answer:
Both the tongue and the heart. The tongue is the interpreter of the heart. The heart is the origin. The tongue is one of the limbs that interprets the heart, just as you walk or sit. The heart is what moves you to these things; it moves the tongue, it moves. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How do you reconcile what is reported in the hadith that the limbs say to the tongue, "We are only with you," with the hadith that there is a small piece of flesh in the body, and if it is sound, the whole body is sound?
Answer:
Both the tongue and the heart. The tongue is the interpreter of the heart. The heart is the origin. The tongue is one of the limbs that interprets the heart, just as you walk or sit. The heart is what moves you to these things; it moves the tongue, it moves. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الأول في انقسام القلوب إلى صحيح وسقيم وميت — islamhouse.com (50:10)
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