Its only words.. an everlasting words.

In the 1970th, Mama Tok was just a young innocent teenager. Like others, love to listen to beautiful songs and melodies. One of the famous and beautiful song at that time was 'Words', sung by the  Bee Gees. The Bee Gees were 3 brothers-Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibbs. They wrote the song 'Words' after getting in a few arguments and realizing the power of words- how words can make you happy or sad. Robin Gibbs said, "'Words' reflects a mood. It was written after an argument. The argument were about absolutely nothing. They were just words! This is what the song is all about. Words can make you happy or words can make you sad".

Again ' Life is short'. It was only 40 years ago when Mama Tok were young and innocent. Today Mama Tok started to grow older and maybe (hopefully..) wiser. The song by Bee Gees then became  another passing memories through the short journey in life.

More than 14 century ago, the Messenger of Allah had already mentioned  about the importance of words in our daily life.

On the Authority of Abu Hurairah. the Messenger of Allah said:

     

Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak good things or keep silent. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should be courteous and generous to his neighbour. Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should be courtous and generous to his [traveling] visitor.

[Recorded by Sahih Bukhari and Muslim]

One of the Prophet's companion Umar r.a, once said, 
"The one who speaks a lot commits a lot of mistakes. The one who makes  lots of mistakes commits lots of sins. The one who commits lots of sins will have the Hell-fire as the first place for him.'

After going through many experiences  in life, Mama Tok came to realize that the quality of our life depend so much on our communication skills with others. Other people 's feeling counts since we are interacting with others most of the time. Any words or actions that give temporary satisfaction or happiness, but hurt others is considered unwise. 'Hikmah' or wisdom is knowing what is right and then making the right judgement when it comes to taking actions. So does in saying words.

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We can  make the life of others much more happier than it was before we  touched it- by saying  good words or keep silent.

May Allah bless us all.