When his nephew was unable to deliver a sermon

On Ja‘dah ibn Hubayrah al-Makhzūmī’s [1] inability to deliver a sermon.

Know that the tongue is a part of a man’s body. If the man desists, speech will not co-operate with him and when he dilates, speech will not give him time to stop. Certainly, we are the masters of speaking. Its veins are…

Know that - may Allāh have mercy on you - you are living at a time when those who speak about right are few, when tongues are loath to utter the truth and those who stick to the right are humiliated. The people of this…