A Reminder to Practice What We Preach

The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) once shared a powerful scene about the Day of Judgment: A person will be cast into the Fire, and his intestines will come spilling out, causing him to circle around them. The residents of Hell will gather and ask, ‘What happened to you? Didn’t you used to encourage good and warn against evil?’ He will reply, ‘I used to urge others to do good, but I didn’t do it myself, and I used to forbid evil, yet I committed it.’ This teaching really connects with a verse from the Quran, where Allah (سبحانه وتعالى) says: ‘O you who believe, why do you say what you do not do? It is deeply loathsome to Allah that you say what you do not do.’ (Surah As-Saff 61:2–3) It’s a wake-up call for all of us to align our actions with our words, insha’Allah.