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The Holy Prophet of Islam (peace be upon him and his progeny) said:
أَفْوَاهُكُمْ مِنْ طرُقِ رَبِّكُمْ فَأَحَبُّها إلى اللّه أَطْيَبُها رِيْحاً فَطَيَّبُوها بِما قَدَرْتُم عَلَيْهِ

Translation
Your mouth is one of your ways to God. The most favorite mouth before Allah is the one most fragrant. So keep your mouth as fragrant as you can.1

Brief Description
The outward meaning is that since man uses his mouth to vocalize God’s remembrance and worship and recite divine verses, he should keep it clean and fragrant.
The hadith’s inward meaning signifies that the mouth which is one of the ways of relating with the divine paths and Allah’s servants is more favored by Allah when it becomes fragrant with good, clean and kind speech and is free from bad utterances, insults, lies and harshness.[divider]
•    1. Wasa’il ‘ush-Shi’a, volume 1, page 358

Imam As-Sadiq (a.s.) said:
اَلْعُبّادُ ثَلثَةٌ: قَوْمٌ عَبَدُوا اللّهَ خَوْفاً فَتِلْكَ عِبادَةُ الْعَبِيد، و قَوْمٌ عَبَدُوا اللّه طَلَبَ الثَّوابِ فَتِلْكَ عِبادَةُ الأُجراءِ، وَ قَوْمٌ عَبَدُوا اللّهَ حُبًّا لَهُ فَتِلْكَ عِبادَةُ الأَحْرارِ.

Translation
Worshippers fall into three groups:
Those who worship Allah for the fear of hell; this is the worship of slaves.
Those who worship Allah for his reward; this is the worship of mercenaries.
Those who worship Allah out of love and affection for Him; this is the worship of free men.1

Brief Description
Although the promises of divine reward and punishment are all true, and his reward is very valuable and his chastisement is very painful, there are some high minded free men who do not see anything save God, and do not seek anything save God, and the measure of their heart is full of love and kindness. They are looking beyond rewards and punishment; their motive for observing God’s command is only love mingled with his cognition and knowing.[divider]
•    1. Wasa’il ‘ush-Shi’a

Imam Ali (a.s.) said:
“لاَ خَيْرَ فِى الصَّمْتِ عَنِ الْحُكْمِ كَما أنَّهُ لا خَيْرَ فِى القَوْلِ بالْجَهْلِ”

Translation
Neither the silence of a wise man nor the speech of an ignorant has any profit.1

Brief Description
God has urged those who are informed and learned not to remain silent against deviations, misbehavior, injustices and divisive actions of enemies. They should radiate the light of guidance, truth and justice on the hearts through their warm and reasonable logic and expression. Everybody is considered informed and responsible for what he knows, although it may be little. On the other hand, those who do not have sufficient information should not mislead people through their improper interference. That silence and this speech both cause misfortune.[divider]
•    1. Nahjul Balaghah

Imam As-Sadiq (a.s.) said:
Luqman said to his son:
“لِمُنافِقِ ثَلاثُ عَلامات: يُخَالِفُ لِسانُهُ قَلْبَهُ وَ قَلْبُهُ فِعْلَهُ وَ عَلانِيَتُهُ سَرِيْرَتَهُ”

Translation
There are three signs of the hypocrites: their tongue is not consistent with their heart, nor their heart with their deed, nor their outward with their inward.1

Brief Description
Hypocrisy is a painful, loathsome trait originating from low personality and weak will. To make themselves look better than they are, their tongues will tell a different story from what is in their hearts, they will not walk their talk, will not practice what they preach. They are a weak people, afraid to reveal their true selves, lacking the will and determination to improve themselves. They appear in different garbs and are treacherous with everybody, even themselves. Even more dangerous are the societies that display a good looking exterior but have bad, rotting, interior. Their tongue and the mass media, is in stark contrast with what is going on in the heart of these societies.[divider]
•    1. Bihar al-Anwar book, volume 15