Bukhari and Muslim record on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, radiAllaahu ‘anhu, that the Messenger of Allaah, salAllaahu ‘alayhi wasallaam, said: “Whoever believes in Allaah and the Last Day: let him speak good or remain silent.”
Imam Abu Hatim bin Hibban, in Rawdatul-‘Uqalaa said:
It is obligatory upon the intelligent to adhere resolutely to silence until he must speak. Frequently will the one who speaks regret later on! Rare will it be that the one who remains silent has a cause to regret! The people who will have the most misery and greatest misfortune are those with unrestrained tongues and encased hearts.
It is obligatory upon the intelligent to treat his ears and mouth fairly. He should know that he was given two ears and one mouth so that he may listen more than he speaks, for it may well be that when he speaks, he will regret, and when he does not speak, he will have no cause to regret. Man is more able to return to its place what he did not say as compared to returning and retracting what he has actually said. When a word is spoken, it has taken control of him; but when it is not spoken, he is in control of it.
The tongue of the intelligent is behind his heart: when he wishes to speak he first refers to the heart and if it is befitting that he speak, he does, otherwise he does not. The heart of the ignoramus is on the tip of his tongue: whatever comes to it, he speaks. The one who does not preserve his tongue has not understood his religion.
- Transcribed from: Shaykh ‘Abdul Muhsin al-‘Abbad’s Rifqan Ahlu’l-Sunnah bi Ahlu’l-Sunnah
Tawheed First 
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullah wa barakatuhu,
Talking is an activity that is performed most frequently by people, and it seconds only the biological functions such as breathing or seeing. Which means that we must never tire of reminding ourselves of the above maxim, since we never tire of creating opportunities to ruin ourselves by our tongue. May Allah s.w.t. reward you and guide us all to that which is best for us, ameen. Wassalaam.
ASAALAMU ALAIKUM
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Ibn Mikdad:
Wa Alaikum Assalam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatu
Ameen.
Yes, we can never get enough of these reminders, as it is said that the tongue is the hardest to control. May Allaah ta’ala allow our tongues to remember Him much. Ameen.
Dressed4Jannah:
Wa Alaikum Wa Rahmatullaahi Wa Barakatu
Ameen. JazaakiAllahu khayr.