TODAY'S HADITH

On the authority of Muadh bin Jabal (may Allah be please
with him) who said:
I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, tell me of an act which will
take me into Paradise and will keep me away from the Hellfire.'
He (peace be upon him) said, 'You have asked me about a great
matter, yet it is easy for him for whom Allah makes it easy.
Worship Allah without associating any partners with Him;
establish the prayer; pay the Zakah; fast in Ramadan; and make
the pilgrimage to the House.'
"Then he (peace be upon him) said, 'Shall I not guide you
towards the means of goodness? Fasting is a shield, charity wipes
away sin as water extinguishes fire, and the praying of a man in
the depths of the night.' Then he (peace be upon him) recited:
'[Those] who forsake their beds, to invoke their Lord in fear and
hope, and they spend (charity in Allah's cause) out of what We
have bestowed on them. No person knows what is kept hidden for
them of joy as a reward for what they used to do' [as-Sajdah,
16-17].
"Then he (peace be upon him) said, 'Shall I not inform you of
the head of the matter, its pillar and its peak?' I said, 'Yes, O
Messenger of Allah.' He (peace be upon him) said, 'The head of
the matter is Islam, its pillar is the prayer and its peak is jihad.'
Then he (peace be upon him) said, 'Shall I not tell you of the
foundation of all of that?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah.'
So he took hold of his tongue and said, 'Restrain this.' I said, 'O
Prophet of Allah, will we be taken to account for what we say
with it?' He (peace be upon him) said, 'May your mother be
bereaved of you, O Muadh! Is there anything that throws people
into the Hellfire upon their faces, or on their noses, except the
harvests of their tongues?'”
[Tirmidhi]