Ramadan 2020 | Day 10 Video | Truthfulness Leads to Righteousness | Medmina College, Ibadan
Channel: Medmina College, Ibadan
Date: 2020-05-03

Today's Topic: Truthfulness Leads to Righteousness

Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise 
~ Sahih Muslim

This is a wakeup call for all us, to ponder this Hadith and take it seriously. Abdullah ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet (SAW) said:    
"Truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man will keep speaking the truth and striving to speak the truth until he will be recorded with Allāh as a siddeeq (speaker of the truth). Lying leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to Hellfire. A man will keep telling lies and striving to tell lies until he is recorded with Allāh as a liar.”  [Agreed upon].

The above Hadith mentions two actions that will lead to two different paths, depending on what you choose. The first deed is saying the truth and trying your very best to implement truthfulness in your character. It will surely lead you to paradise. Not only that but being in a state of honesty whether you say it with your tongue or show it in your actions, you will be recorded in the eyes of Allah as "As-siddeeq" which is a speaker of truth. It reminds me of a verse that always leaves me in a state of shock and fear whenever I come across to recite it. Allah (SWT) said in Surat Al-Ahzab Verse 8: 
"So that (He) Allah may ask the truthful about their truth"

If the truth-teller will be asked about his truthfulness how about those who lie? Contemplating the position of the above verse is an eye-opener, it came right after Allah mentioned and reminded our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) that he took a firm agreement from him and other prophets to convey the message and that which is true.

The other deed is lying, which leads to dishonesty and will only lead the doer to hellfire. May Allah save us and our families from it. Even worse than that, because we can be saved from the hellfire by the mercy of Allah, but to be recorded in the eyes of Allah as "A liar " is a great loss in this world and the one after. Then why do we lie? To get praise from the people? By Allah, those who you want to attain praise and sympathy from will no longer benefit you on the Day of Judgment. What will benefit one is returning to Allah with a pure heart that is filled with sincerity, truthfulness, and the desire to please Allah

Praise to Allah, who has guided us to this; and we would never have been guided if Allah had not guided us” Surat al- A’raf, Verse 43.

I ask Allah سبحانه وتعالى to guide us on the path of righteousness and bestow truthfulness in our actions. May Allah bless our good deeds, accept them, and make it a mean for us to enter paradise (Ameen).

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