Forty Hadith Shah Waliullah

Hadith 15, 40 Hadith Shah Waliullah

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Hadith 15, 40 Hadith Shah Waliullah
Arabic hadith text

الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Affliction is bound to speech.

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • الْبَلَاءُ مُوَکِّلٌ بِالْمَنْطِقِ

    The Arabic literally describes affliction as muwakkal with speech (assigned or attached to it). The English witness interprets this as affliction coming from loose talk, adding a causal reading and “loose” that are not explicit in the Arabic wording.

    Should the maxim be understood as saying that affliction follows or is attached to speech, or specifically that loose talk causes affliction?