"If you would like to draw a
conclusion of what is contained in someone’s heart then use as a proof the
movements of his tongue, for surely, he will show you what is contained in his
heart regardless of whether he wants to or not."
Yahyaa
Ibn Mu’aadh رحمه الله said,
"The hearts are like pots. They
boil with that which they contain and their tongues are their ladles [i.e.
scooping spoons]. So look at a man when he speaks. His tongue will scoop out
for you that which is contained in his heart, whether it is sweet or bitter,
fresh or salty and other than that. And the flavor of his heart will become
clear to you from that which his tongue scoops out. 1
This means that just as you can taste
the flavor of foods being cooked with your tongue and you realize the true
flavor of them, similarly you can taste what is in a man’s heart by way of his
tongue, in the same manner that you can taste what is in the pot with your tongue.
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Footnote:
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1) Collected by Aboo Nu’aym in “al-Hilyah” (vol. 10/pg. 63)
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Source: “al-Jawaabul-Kaafee/ad-Daa
wad-Dawaa” (pg.
242-249) – K.S.A.: Daaru Ibnil-Jawzee-2006
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Transcribed from: The Appendix
of An Explanation of the Hadeeth: “Say, ‘I
believe in Allaah’, and then be upright and steadfast” | Ibn Rajab
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