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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the meaning of the hadith: (He speaks a word without giving it any thought)?

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The questioner : ...
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet; said, "A slave (of Allah) may utter a word which pleases Allah without giving it much importance, and because of that Allah will raise him to degrees (of reward): a slave (of Allah) may utter a word (carelessly) which displeases Allah without thinking of its gravity and because of that he will be thrown into the Hell-Fire." يتكلم بالكلمة لا يلقي لها بالا
Sahih al-Bukhari 6478
؟.

The Shaykh : No, its meaning is that one does not throw it, meaning one does not think it will reach the extent it does. The intended meaning is:
to which he attaches no importance ما يلقي لها بالا
Muwatta Malik 56:6
No, its meaning is that one did not intend it; one may have intended it, but did not think it would reach this degree. For example, we say: "I spoke words that I did not care about and did not think would reach this level."
Source alathar.net

The Arabic text is copied verbatim from the original source, without any edits.

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