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Don't curse or use obscene words
- The practice
- Do not curse, insult or use obscene language, even when annoyed.
- When
- When frustrated, provoked or joking
- In daily life
- Notice where the bad words usually slip out: stuck in traffic, a frozen laptop, a lost match, a gaming chat. Pick a clean word to say instead, and keep your messages and comments clean even when you're annoyed.
The source
لَمْ يَكُنِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم سَبَّابًا وَلاَ فَحَّاشًا وَلاَ لَعَّانًا، كَانَ يَقُولُ لأَحَدِنَا عِنْدَ الْمَعْتَبَةِ " مَا لَهُ، تَرِبَ جَبِينُهُ ".
“The Prophet ﷺ was not one who would abuse (others) or say obscene words, or curse (others), and if he wanted to admonish anyone of us, he used to say: "What is wrong with him, his forehead be dusted”Narrated by Anas bin MalikSahih al-Bukhari 6031
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.
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Get early accessSources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.