Truthfulness

O you who believe! Keep from disobedience to Allah in reverence for Him and piety, and keep the company of the truthful (those who are also faithful to their covenant with Allah). (at-Tawbah 9:119)

31. Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Truthfulness leads to piety and piety leads to Paradise. A man should be truthful until he is written down as truthful in the sight of Allah. Lying leads to deviance and deviance leads to Hell. A person lies to the point that he is written down as a liar in the sight of Allah.” (Sahih al-Bukhari, Adab, 69; Sahih Muslim, Birr, 103)

 

32. Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “I memorised from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him: ‘Abandon anything that gives you doubt for what gives you no doubt. Truthfulness is peace of mind and lying is doubt.” (Sunan at-Tirmidhi, Qiyamah, 60)

 

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014