It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bilal bin al-Harith al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, a man speaks a word displeasing to Allah without realising how far it will reach, and because of it Allah records His displeasure (for him) until the Day of Resurrection. And indeed, a man speaks a word pleasing to Allah without knowing how far it will reach, and because of it Allah records His pleasure (for him) until the Day of Resurrection."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bilal bin al-Harith al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "One of you speaks a word pleasing to Allah which he does not even imagine will reach so far, and because of it Allah records His pleasure (for him) until the day he meets Him. And one of you speaks a word displeasing to Allah which he does not imagine will reach so far, and because of it Allah records His displeasure (against him) until the day he meets Him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bilal bin al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Indeed, one of you says a word pleasing to Allah which he does not imagine will reach so far, and because of it Allah records His good pleasure for him until the day he meets Him. And one of you says a word displeasing to Allah which he does not imagine will reach so far, and because of it Allah records His displeasure for him until the day he meets Him."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Alqamah bin Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) that a man of standing passed by him while he was in the market of Madinah and greeted him. Alqamah said to him: "O so-and-so! You have ties of kinship (with us) and a right as well, and I see that you go to these rulers and speak before them whatever Allah wills you to speak. Yet I heard Sayyiduna Bilal bin al-Harith al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him), the Companion of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), saying that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Indeed, one of you speaks a word pleasing to Allah which he does not even imagine will reach so far, and because of it Allah records His good pleasure for him until the day he meets Him. And one of you speaks a word displeasing to Allah which he does not imagine will reach so far, and because of it Allah records His displeasure against him until the day he meets Him.'" Alqamah said (advising him): "Woe to you! Look at what you are saying and what you speak about, for many a time what I heard from Bilal bin al-Harith has prevented me from speaking (much)." Imam Malik bin Anas abridged the narration of this hadith from Muhammad bin Amr and did not mention Alqamah bin Waqqas.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Bilal bin al-Harith al-Muzani (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, a man speaks a word pleasing to Allah which he does not even imagine will reach so far, and because of it Allah records His good pleasure for him until the day he meets Him. And indeed, a man speaks a word displeasing to Allah which he does not imagine will reach so far, and because of it Allah records His displeasure for him until the day he meets Him." Imam al-Hakim says: This does not weaken the consensus that we mentioned earlier; rather, it is further strengthened by the corroboration of a narrator such as Imam Malik, except that concerning it, the same will be said as the experts have said about the addition in fully establishing the chain.

Bahz bin Hakim narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather (Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah bin Haydah (may Allah be pleased with him)), who said: I heard the Prophet of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Destruction is for the one who speaks and lies in order to make people laugh by it; ruin is for him, ruin is for him." This hadith has been narrated from Bahz bin Hakim by imams such as Sufyan bin Sa'id, the two Hammads (Hammad bin Salamah and Hammad bin Zayd), Abd al-Warith bin Sa'id and Isra'il bin Yunus. I know of no disagreement among most of the imams of transmission regarding the integrity ('adalah, truthfulness) of Bahz bin Hakim; his hadith is collected, and Imam Bukhari mentioned him in his "al-Jami' al-Sahih". This hadith is a supporting narration for the hadith of Sayyiduna Bilal bin al-Harith al-Muzani that we mentioned earlier.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! I heard so-and-so mentioning you and praising you; he claims that you gave him two dinars." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "But so-and-so does not say such a thing, although he has received from me between ten and a hundred (dinars)." Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "One of you leaves me with what he asked for (the thing he requested), tucked under his arm, yet it is nothing but fire for him." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah! Then why do you give to them?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What am I to do? They ask me, and Allah does not approve that I should be stingy." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it with this context.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that two men came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked for something. He (peace and blessings be upon him) had two dinars brought for them, and both of them began praising him. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "But so-and-so does not say such a thing, although I have given him between ten and a hundred (dinars), yet he does not praise like this. Indeed, one of you leaves me with the charity he has taken, tucked under his arm, although it is fire for him." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Why do you give it to him when you know that it is fire for him?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What am I to do? They are not content with anything but asking, and Allah does not approve of my being stingy." The two Shaykhs did not record from Mu'ammar bin Sulayman al-Raqqi, although Imam Muslim recorded from Abdullah bin Bishr al-Raqqi. But this hadith is not a defect ('illah) for the hadith of al-A'mash from Abu Salih; rather, it is a supporting narration for it through another chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It does not befit a believer to be one who curses much."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not fitting for a Muslim to be one who curses much." Salim says: I never heard Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) curse anything. A group of imams narrated this hadith from Kathir bin Zayd with a connected chain (musnad); then Hammad bin Zayd alone narrated it from him as the saying of the Companion (mawquf). As for the two Shaykhs, they did not take narrations from Kathir bin Zayd. He is an elder of Madinah and his kunyah is Abu Muhammad; I do not know of any criticism having been made of his narration; they left him only because of the small number of his hadiths. And Allah knows best. This hadith has supporting narrations with different wordings from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah, Abu al-Darda' and Samurah bin Jundub, through which this hadith becomes sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim).