umahmad
06-30-2007, 03:33 AM
TRUTHFULNESS
From Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (radiallaahu anhu) who said
that the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahualaihi wasallam) said:
((Åäøó ÇáÕøöÏúÞó íóåúÏöí Åáì ÇáÈöÑøö¡ æÅäøó ÇáÈöÑøó íóåúÏí Åáì ÇáÌäøÉö¡ æÅäøó ÇáÑøóÌõáó áóíóÕúÏóÞõ ÍóÊøóì íóßõæäó ÕöÏøöíÞÇð. æÅäøó ÇáßóÐöÈó íåÏí Åáì ÇáÝõÌõæÑö¡ æÅäøó ÇáÝõÌõæÑó íåÏí Åáì ÇáäÇÑ¡ æÅäøó ÇáÑøóÌõáó áóíóßúÐöÈõ ÍÊøóì íõßúÊóÈó ÚöäúÏó Çááå ßóÐøóÇÈÇð)).
“Verily truthfulness leads to righteousness ( al birr) 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. And, Verily, falsehood leads to sinning ( al-fujoor) 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.
reported by al-Bukharee (6094) Muslim(105),Ahmed (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 Al-Bukhaaree.
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 a narrator. Allaah says:
“O you who believe! Fear Allaah and be with the Saadiqeen (those who are truthful in words and deeds).”
So it is upon you, Yaa ‘Eebaadullaah, to strive for truthfulness in speech, in ‘Aqeedah (belief) and in action. Indeed the noble Messenger (sallallaahualaihi wasallam) 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 verily, the truthful person will seek out that speech that is most pleasing to Allaah and will abandon the speech which displeases Allaah. Indeed, he will realize that the Messenger of Allaah (sallaa Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) has said:
((Åäøó ÃÍúÓóäó ÇáÍÏíËö ßÊÇÈ Çááå¡ æÃÍÓä ÇáåÏúíö åÏúíõ ãÍãÏ)).
Therefore, whoever strives for truthfulness, then let him take the Qur’aan has the focus of his speech. Let him spend much time contemplating the Qur’aan and repeating its Aayaat.
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 becomes disordered and the liar falls & loses status 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 (sallallaahualaihi wasallam) warned us about him.
He (sallaa Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said about the signs of the Munaafiq:
((ÅÐÇ ÍóÏøóËó ßóÐóÈó ...)).
“And when he speaks, he lies.”
Also, he (sallaa Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) has warned of a great punishment from Allaah for the Liar:
“I saw (in a dream) two men who came to me. They said, ‘The person, the one whose cheek you saw being torn away (from the mouth to the ear) was a liar and used to tell lies and the people would report those lies on his authority until they spread all over the world. So he will be punished like this until the Day of Resurrection.”
What is greater than lying upon Allaah?
“And when they commit a Faahishah (evil sexual deed), they say: ‘We found our fathers doing it and Allaah has commanded us to do it.’ Say: ‘Nay! Allaah never commands a Faahishah! Do you say about Allaah that which you do not know?!’”
Say: The things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are Al-Fawaahihah (great sins; every kind of sexual sin), whether committed openly or secretly, sins (of all types), unrighteous oppression, Ash-Shirk for which He has given no authority and saying things about Allaah of which you have no knowledge.”
In the Qur’aan 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.”
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.”
Is not shirk and taking rivals, which is the greatest of crimes and sins, 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 we have been warned against a man who acts righteous amongst the people, but, as Hudhayfah said about a man:
“We don’t know how he behaves with his family when he is alone with them.”
So how many are like this amongst the men and women? In public, they are seemingly from the Saaliheen. However, we don’t know how they are when they are with their families alone. So the brother is a tyrant at home; beating his wife and children mercilessly! He doesn’t take care of them; he doesn’t look after them in any way. And, the sister is a disobedient, sinful woman to her husband and a neglectful mother to her children! In public, she is the epitome of righteousness, yet, when she is at home, her children are neglected, abused and her tongue is never easy with her husband!
Indeed, the Messenger of Allaah (sallaa Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) warned us to take heed regarding what comes out of our mouths with his statement:
((Åäøó ÇáÚóÈúÏó áóíóÊóßóáøóãõ ÈöÇáúßóáöãóÉö ãóÇ íóÊóÈóíøóäõ ãÇ ÝíåÇ¡ íóåúæöí ÈöåÇ Ýí ÇáäÇÑ ÃÈúÚóÏó ãÇ Èóíúäó ÇáãóÔúÑöÞö æÇáãóÛúÑöÈö)).
“Indeed, a slave (of Allaah) may utter a word without considering its consequences, and it will cause him to fall into the Fire as far away as the distance between the east and the west.”
So keep far away, O Muslims, from falsehood and develop a 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 to Al-Fujoor 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 Allaah and be with the Saadiqeen (those who are truthful in words and deeds).”
2. The hadeeth contains a great educational principle, which is that whoever wishes to be molded by lofty characteristics such 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.
From Abdullah ibn Mas'ood (radiallaahu anhu) who said
that the Messenger of Allah (sallallaahualaihi wasallam) said:
((Åäøó ÇáÕøöÏúÞó íóåúÏöí Åáì ÇáÈöÑøö¡ æÅäøó ÇáÈöÑøó íóåúÏí Åáì ÇáÌäøÉö¡ æÅäøó ÇáÑøóÌõáó áóíóÕúÏóÞõ ÍóÊøóì íóßõæäó ÕöÏøöíÞÇð. æÅäøó ÇáßóÐöÈó íåÏí Åáì ÇáÝõÌõæÑö¡ æÅäøó ÇáÝõÌõæÑó íåÏí Åáì ÇáäÇÑ¡ æÅäøó ÇáÑøóÌõáó áóíóßúÐöÈõ ÍÊøóì íõßúÊóÈó ÚöäúÏó Çááå ßóÐøóÇÈÇð)).
“Verily truthfulness leads to righteousness ( al birr) 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. And, Verily, falsehood leads to sinning ( al-fujoor) 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.
reported by al-Bukharee (6094) Muslim(105),Ahmed (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 Al-Bukhaaree.
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 a narrator. Allaah says:
“O you who believe! Fear Allaah and be with the Saadiqeen (those who are truthful in words and deeds).”
So it is upon you, Yaa ‘Eebaadullaah, to strive for truthfulness in speech, in ‘Aqeedah (belief) and in action. Indeed the noble Messenger (sallallaahualaihi wasallam) 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 verily, the truthful person will seek out that speech that is most pleasing to Allaah and will abandon the speech which displeases Allaah. Indeed, he will realize that the Messenger of Allaah (sallaa Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) has said:
((Åäøó ÃÍúÓóäó ÇáÍÏíËö ßÊÇÈ Çááå¡ æÃÍÓä ÇáåÏúíö åÏúíõ ãÍãÏ)).
Therefore, whoever strives for truthfulness, then let him take the Qur’aan has the focus of his speech. Let him spend much time contemplating the Qur’aan and repeating its Aayaat.
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 becomes disordered and the liar falls & loses status 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 (sallallaahualaihi wasallam) warned us about him.
He (sallaa Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) said about the signs of the Munaafiq:
((ÅÐÇ ÍóÏøóËó ßóÐóÈó ...)).
“And when he speaks, he lies.”
Also, he (sallaa Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) has warned of a great punishment from Allaah for the Liar:
“I saw (in a dream) two men who came to me. They said, ‘The person, the one whose cheek you saw being torn away (from the mouth to the ear) was a liar and used to tell lies and the people would report those lies on his authority until they spread all over the world. So he will be punished like this until the Day of Resurrection.”
What is greater than lying upon Allaah?
“And when they commit a Faahishah (evil sexual deed), they say: ‘We found our fathers doing it and Allaah has commanded us to do it.’ Say: ‘Nay! Allaah never commands a Faahishah! Do you say about Allaah that which you do not know?!’”
Say: The things that my Lord has indeed forbidden are Al-Fawaahihah (great sins; every kind of sexual sin), whether committed openly or secretly, sins (of all types), unrighteous oppression, Ash-Shirk for which He has given no authority and saying things about Allaah of which you have no knowledge.”
In the Qur’aan 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.”
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.”
Is not shirk and taking rivals, which is the greatest of crimes and sins, 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 we have been warned against a man who acts righteous amongst the people, but, as Hudhayfah said about a man:
“We don’t know how he behaves with his family when he is alone with them.”
So how many are like this amongst the men and women? In public, they are seemingly from the Saaliheen. However, we don’t know how they are when they are with their families alone. So the brother is a tyrant at home; beating his wife and children mercilessly! He doesn’t take care of them; he doesn’t look after them in any way. And, the sister is a disobedient, sinful woman to her husband and a neglectful mother to her children! In public, she is the epitome of righteousness, yet, when she is at home, her children are neglected, abused and her tongue is never easy with her husband!
Indeed, the Messenger of Allaah (sallaa Allaahu ‘alaihi wa sallam) warned us to take heed regarding what comes out of our mouths with his statement:
((Åäøó ÇáÚóÈúÏó áóíóÊóßóáøóãõ ÈöÇáúßóáöãóÉö ãóÇ íóÊóÈóíøóäõ ãÇ ÝíåÇ¡ íóåúæöí ÈöåÇ Ýí ÇáäÇÑ ÃÈúÚóÏó ãÇ Èóíúäó ÇáãóÔúÑöÞö æÇáãóÛúÑöÈö)).
“Indeed, a slave (of Allaah) may utter a word without considering its consequences, and it will cause him to fall into the Fire as far away as the distance between the east and the west.”
So keep far away, O Muslims, from falsehood and develop a 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 to Al-Fujoor 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 Allaah and be with the Saadiqeen (those who are truthful in words and deeds).”
2. The hadeeth contains a great educational principle, which is that whoever wishes to be molded by lofty characteristics such 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.