Manners in Speech

Vain talk in itself is a sin The Prophet Muhammad once observed that the most sinful people are those who indulge in the most vain talk. A group of people, who once came to visit a Companion of the Prophet who lay dying, noticed that his face was radiating light, and they asked him how this came to be. “There are only two aspects of my behaviour which I feel certain will explain this, he replied. “One was that I used to avoid vain talk, and the other was that I harboured no ill-feeling in my heart towards other Muslims.” (JAMI‘ AL-ULUM WA AL-HIKAM)