Imam Laiq Ahmed Atif | Read this article in Maltese

___________ The Holy Quran ___________

“O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with the truthful.” (9:119)

“And confound not truth with falsehood nor hide the truth, knowingly.” (2:43)

“O ye who believe! fear Allah, and say the right word. He will bless your works for you and forgive you your sins.” (33:71-72)

___________ Sayings of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) ___________

“When you speak, do not lie. When you promise, do not break it. When you are trusted, do not betray it.” (Al-Mu’jam al-Kabir)

“Leave alone that which involves thee in doubt and adhere to that which is free from doubt, for truth is comforting, falsehood is disturbing.” (Tirmidhi)

“Truthfulness leads to virtue, and virtue leads to Paradise. A man continues to be truthful and strives for truthfulness until he is written as a truthful person with God. And beware of falsehood, for indeed falsehood leads to sinning, and indeed sinning leads to the Fire. A man continues to tell lies and strives upon falsehood until he is written as a liar with God.” (Muslim)

The Holy Prophet Muhammad^sa had very high standards of truthfulness. He regarded truth as the basis of all virtue, goodness, and right conduct.

It is narrated that, there was a man who did many bad things. He went to the Holy Prophet Muhammad^sa and asked, “How can I stop doing bad things?” The Holy Prophet Muhammad^sa answered, “Always be truthful.” A few days later, the man was going to comit an immoral or sinful act, but he thought, “What if the Holy Prophet Muhammad^sa asks me about it? I can’t lie.” So he didn’t do the immoral or sinful act. The next day, he was going to steal something, but he thought, “What if the Holy Prophet Muhammad^sa asks me if I stole anything? I can’t lie.” So he didn’t steal it. Slowly the man stopped doing all of his bad things just by having to tell the truth.

That’s how important telling the truth is. Therefore, we should never tell a lie because Allah does not like people who tell lies and will not help us if we do. Allah helps and likes people who tell the truth.