Could you provide a reference for this Hadith?
“A man stumbles with his tongue worse than he stumbles with his feet”
Answer:
Imam Bayhaqi (rahimahullah) and others have recorded this Hadith on the authority of Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (radiyallahu ‘anhu). The full narration is as follows:
“Certainly a person may utter something to merely make the people around him laugh, yet he plunges farther than the distance between the heaven and earth due to those words. Certainly a man stumbles with his tongue worse than he stumbles with his feet”
(Shu’abul Iman, Hadith: 4492)
This narration will be declared sound by Hafiz Ibn Hajar (rahimahullah) based on his principle in his book ‘Hidayatur Ruwat’.
(Hidayatur Ruwat, vol. 4 pg. 381, Hadith: 4764)
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar