A farmer who wastes his time during farming season repents in the end[^4].

A farmer who wastes his time during farming season repents in the end[^4]. Son! For Allah’s sake, make best use your life. Don’t spend it in such activities that will not benefit you after death. Intelligent man is one who does tomorrow’s work today. Foolish person is one who first follows his heart’s desires and then seeks forgiveness[^5]. One who spends his life in idle talk is like one who throws his jewellery on the road and then sits digging stone (for children to play).

Obviously this is sheer foolishness. Son! Apple of my eye, value your life, don’t use it in any activities except those which will prove useful to save you from the fire of hell. Don’t become a silk-worm who tried to kill itself. Having said this, develop the finest and best character. The following are the details about “Character”. Protection of Tongue Preserve your tongue from idle talk because majority of the sins committed by the son of Adam is due to the tongue only.

No other part of the body commits more sins than the tongue[^6]. Silence is one of the gates of wisdom[^7]. Always protect your tongue. Say only those words which will take you to paradise. As long as a god-fearing man remains silent, he is counted amongst good people. A person, who desires safety in this world and the world hereafter, should remain silent. The only reason man will go to hell face downwards is because of his tongue.

When Allah wishes to bless His servant, then He helps him in controlling his tongue. Instead of finding faults in others, Allah keeps him busy in looking at his own defects. Those who speak less, their intelligence is complete and their hearts are pure. Those who speak more, their intelligence is incomplete and their hearts are hard[^8]. A man’s faith is correct only when his heart is pure, and the heart is pure only when his tongue is good[^9].

A God-fearing man’s tongue should be behind his heart. First, he should think, then he should speak justly. Otherwise he should keep quiet. A Munafik acts just the opposite of this. He keeps talking rubbish. He is not worried about what he is talking[^10]. By keeping silent, you don’t have to be ashamed nor there is need to repent, but by speaking, sometimes, you have to repent in this world as well as in the next world[^11]. Man is hiding behind his tongue[^12]. Son! First weigh, then speak.

First test your words on the crucible of intelligence. If the talk is for Allah, then speak. Otherwise keep quiet. Absolutely quiet.