The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe.
“The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand other Muslims are safe.”
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informed that a true and perfect Muslim is the one from whose tongue Muslims are safe, so he does not insult, curse, or backbite them and does not hurt them with his tongue in any way.
The plain meaning, from HadeethEnc
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «المُسْلِمُ مَنْ سَلِمَ المُسْلِمُونَ مِنْ لِسَانِهِ وَيَدِهِ، وَالمُهَاجِرُ مَنْ هَجَرَ مَا نَهَى اللَّهُ عَنْهُ».
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) reported that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand Muslims are safe, and a Muhājir (emigrant) is the one who abandons what Allah has forbidden."
What does Sahih al-Bukhari 10 mean?
Narrated by ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr and agreed upon by al-Bukhari and Muslim. The definition is entirely negative — it says what a Muslim does not do — and the commentators keep it concrete: no insult, no backbiting, no curse from the tongue; no assault and nothing taken wrongfully from the hand. The same hadith defines the emigrant the same way: the one who leaves what Allah forbade.
Written from HadeethEnc