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Taken
from Mudhakkirah al-Hadeeth an Nabawee
by Rabee' Bin Hadee Umayr al-Madkhalee
From Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (May Allah be pleased with him) who said that the
Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings be upon him) said:
I
order you to be truthful for verily truthfulness leads to righteousness and
verily righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man continues to be truthful and
strives for truthfulness until he is written as a truthful person with Allah.
Beware of Falsehood, for verily falsehood leads to sinning and verily sinning
leads to the Fire. And a man continues to tell lies and strives upon falsehood
until he is written as a liar with Allah.
Collected by Imam al-Bukharee (6094) Imam Muslim (105), Imam Ahmad (1/8), Abu
Dawood (4989), Malik (16 2/989) at-Tirmidhee (1971 4/347), Ibn Majah (46
1/18), ad- Daarimi (2718 2/210) and the wording is that of Muslim.
The meaning of the Hadeeth:
TRUTHFULNESS: A noble characteristic from the foundations of
excellent virtues. By it the life becomes upright and due to it an individual
becomes praiseworthy. Truthfulness elevates an individual and raises his rank
with Allah and with the people. So he becomes respected in speech, beloved to
the people and acceptable as a witness and narrator.
So it is upon you to strive toward truthfulness in speech, in aqeedah (belief)
and in action. Indeed the noble Messenger (Peace and Blessings be upon him)
guided us to this great affair of tarbiyah and in it is the way to cultivate
the character, to shape it and to strengthen oneself. This is because mankind
strives for beautiful action and speech, one after the other until this
repetition has an effect upon his soul. And whenever he persists on a
particular (good) action, then he increase his connection with his soul and
thus becomes firm and established in these good actions.
So whoever directs his soul to the stations of the Siddiqeen (the truthful),
and he makes truthfulness his character, his nature and his disposition and
strives for truthfulness in his sayings and actions which are in agreement
with each other, then by the help of Allah, he achieves the station of the
Siddiqeen.
So, just as truthfulness is from the foundations of excellent virtues, verily
falsehood is from the foundations of depravity and evil manners. By it, the
structure of society breaks down and the conduct of affairs become disordered
and the liar falls in the eyes of people. They do not believe him or
rely upon him with regard to acting upon his false narrations and thus the
Messenger of Allah (Peace and Blessings be upon him) warned us about him.
In the Qur'an there are many verses denouncing falsehood and commanding
avoidance of it and promising a severe punishment for it.
" And say not concerning that which your tongues put forth falsely:
'This is lawful and this is forbidden, so as to invent lies against Allah.
Verily those who invent lies against Allah will never prosper. A passing brief
enjoyment ( will theirs be) , but they will have a painful
torment." (an-Nahl:116-117)
He, The most High, said:
"It is only those who believe not in the Ayat of Allah, who fabricate
falsehood, and it is they who are the liars." (an-Nahl:105)
Is it not shirk and taking rivals, which is the greatest of crimes and sins
and the greatest falsehood? And is not hypocrisy, which is worse than clear
kufr, nothing but falsehood? And similarly deception in conduct, showing off
in actions- are all from the types of falsehood.
So keep far away, O Muslims, from falsehood and develop striving against it in
yourself. For falsehood and striving in it is destruction and a decline
into the abyss of evil because it urges the individual and leads him into the
station of the evil doers. And the evil doers are in the Fire.
Benefits of the Hadeeth.
1. The obligation to adhere to truthfulness. He the Most High said
"O you who believe! Fear Allah and be with the ones who are true (in
words and deeds) (at-Tawbah: 119)
2. The hadeeth contains a great educational principle, which is that whoever
wishes to be molded by lofty characteristics as truthfulness, patience and
bravery, them let him strive, pursue and persist in them. So by striving for
truthfulness and by adhering to it, he becomes truthful. And by
persevering and enduring hardships he becomes patient and one who possesses
good manners. By persisting in depravity and striving in it the individual
becomes a liar and corrupt.
3. The hadeeth contains a warning from falsehood and a warning against
striving in it. Falsehood leads to evil leads to the Fire.
We seek Allah's shelter from Falsehood, evil and the Fire
Ameen
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