Shut the gates to sin. Guard the portals. Because what enters through them does not just pass through – it settles in the soul.
The Lips and Voice: The Bearers of Truth or Lies
What are your lips busy with? Laughter? Gossip? Music? Boasting?
Or are they busy with dhikr – with the remembrance of the One who gave you a voice?
The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day, let him speak good or remain silent.” (Bukhari and Muslim)
These lips were made to declare the Shahada. These voices were gifted so they could recite the Qur’an. Yet how many of us waste hours letting our tongues betray us?
Words can destroy. Words can build. Words can heal. Words can corrupt.
Your voice is a trust. Use it to defend the oppressed. To speak truth to power. To teach. To pray. To praise. To say, “Astaghfirullah” with sincerity. To whisper, “Ya Allah, forgive me.”
If you are an influencer, know this: every word you utter to your followers is magnified by the number of ears listening. If you call them to good, your reward is multiplied – a river of hasanat. But if you misguide them, promote sin, or normalize disobedience, your sin increases with every share, every repeat, every copycat. The Prophet ﷺ warned: “Whoever guides someone to good will have a reward like the one who did it. And whoever calls to misguidance will bear the burden of it and of all those who follow him.” (Muslim)
The Prophet ﷺ also said: “Whoever guarantees me what is between his jaws and between his legs, I will guarantee him Paradise.” (Bukhari)
Let your lips carry the banner of the Prophet ﷺ. Let them reflect the character of one who fears Allah ﷻ. Let your voice be used in service of the Truth, not in its distortion.
Remember: The most beloved to Allah ﷻ are those whose tongues are moist with His remembrance. Not those whose mouths are dry from endless chatter.
The Limbs: The Witnesses of Obedience, Rebellion, and the Builders of Good
Your arms. Your legs. Your hands. Your fingers. Your steps. They will all testify.
The limbs do not lie. They carry out what the heart has already chosen. They act based on what the mind has accepted.
If the heart is corrupt, the hands steal, the feet walk to sin, the body bows to idols.
If the heart is sound, the hands give, the feet rush to prayer, the body prostrates.
“That Day, it will be sealed over their mouths, and their hands will speak to Us, and their feet will testify to what they used to earn.” (Qur’an 36:65)
Each prayer you perform. Each coin you give. Each door you open. Each tear you wipe. These are the signs of a body in submission.
The Prophet ﷺ’s feet would swell from long nights of qiyām. His hands would raise in duʿā for a people who stoned him. His ﷺ body was in complete servitude. Not just in the masjid, but in the street, the battlefield, the home.
But obedience with the limbs is not limited to ritual. It is also in how we build. To dig a well is worship. To carry a box for a neighbor is worship. To feed the orphan, build schools, clean streets, lift a fallen child – this too is worship.
And there is another form of worship – the most serious, the most costly: to put your body between injustice and its victims.
The Prophet ﷺ and his companions gave their bodies in defense of truth. They bled at Badr. They stood firm at Uhud. They marched across the desert at Tabuk. They defended the weak, upheld the oppressed, and fought those who sought to erase the light of Islam. Their limbs were not just for prayer – they were swords in defense of the sacred.
Bilal’s back was torn open by lashes. Musʿab ibn ʿUmair lost both arms before falling to the ground carrying the banner of Islam. Hamza’s chest was mutilated after fighting courageously. These limbs, these bodies – they were spent in the path of Allah ﷻ.
Obedience is also resistance. Worship is also defense. When the tyrant raises his hand, the believer must stand up. When the innocent are harmed, the believer must shield. These limbs were not given to us for passivity. They were given for action.
Even a smile is charity. Even holding the door open is virtue. Even walking to the masjid is reward.
So let your limbs move with meaning. Let them rush to khayr. Let them recoil from sin. Let them be the limbs of someone who knows he is being watched – by angels and by Allah ﷻ.
The Full Human: In Complete Submission
You were not created to be fragmented. You were created as a unified body – all of it in surrender to the One.
“Say, ‘Indeed, my prayer, my sacrifice, my living and my dying are for Allah, Lord of the worlds.’” (Qur’an 6:162)
Your thoughts. Your emotions. Your senses. Your speech. Your movement. All of it is supposed to be directed toward gratitude. Because gratitude is not just “thank you.” Gratitude is action. Gratitude is worship. Gratitude is obedience.
What is obedience if not love expressed through submission?
And what is gratitude if not knowing:
He made me. He guides me. He feeds me. He sees me. He forgives me. He owns me. And I am nothing without Him.
So bend the knee. Lower the gaze. Guard the tongue. Let your heart burn with longing. Let your limbs move with purpose. Let your mind reflect in awe. Because all of you was made for all of Him.
