Explanation of the Book of the Heart—05a
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The reciter: Ibrahim ibn Humayd narrated to me, and Ibn Abi Hazim narrated to me from Yazid from Muhammad ibn Ibrahim from Isa ibn Talhah ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Taymi from Abu Hurayrah, who heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Sahih al-Bukhari 6477.
The Shaykh : This also indicates the obligation of guarding the tongue. A person may utter a word without giving it due consideration, meaning he does not verify it or look at the benefit or harm in it, and thereby he will fall into the Fire farther than the distance between the East and the West. The second part is omitted because the first implies it. This is like the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nahl 16:81], meaning "and the cold." One of two opposites may be omitted because the other implies it.
A slave of Allah may utter a word without thinking whether it is right or wrong, he may slip down in the Fire as far away a distance equal to that between the east.
إن العبد ليتكلم بالكلمة ما يتبين فيها يزل بها في النار أبعد مما بين المشرقThe Shaykh : This also indicates the obligation of guarding the tongue. A person may utter a word without giving it due consideration, meaning he does not verify it or look at the benefit or harm in it, and thereby he will fall into the Fire farther than the distance between the East and the West. The second part is omitted because the first implies it. This is like the saying of Allah the Exalted: