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Sahih Muslim 2607a

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and lie leads…

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حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ

قَالَ إِسْحَاقُ أَخْبَرَنَا وَقَالَ الآخَرَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ صِدِّيقًا وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ كَذَّابًا»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell, and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a liar.

হারমালাহ ইবনু ইয়াহইয়া (রহঃ) ..... ইবনু শিহাব (রহঃ) থেকে এ সানাদে লায়স এর হাদীসের অনুরূপ বর্ণনা করেছেন। ইবনু শিহাব (রহঃ) বলেন, সাহাবীগণ প্রত্যেক নতুন বিষয়ের অনুসরণ করতেন। যে বিষয়টি রসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এর কাছ থেকে পেতেন সাহাবীগণ একে রহিতকারী ও অধিকতর বলিষ্ঠ মনে করতেন।

حرملہ بن یحییٰ ، ابن وہب ، یونس ، ابن شہاب لیث اس سند کے ساتھ ابن شہاب سےلیث کی حدیث کی طرح روایت نقل کی گئی ہے ابن شہاب نے فرمایا کہ وہ لوگ آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے آخری عمل کی پیروی کرتے تھے اور آپ صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم کے آخری عمل کو ناسخ قرار دیتے تھے ۔

{…} Bana Harmeletü'bnii Yahya rivayet etti. (Dediki) Bize İbni Vehb haber verdi. (Dediki) Bana Yûnus İbni Şîhâb'dan naklen bu isnâdla Leys hadisinin mislini haber verdi. İbni Şihâb: «Ashâb, Nebi (Sallallahu Aleyhi ve Sellem)'in en yeni fiiline tâbi olurlar, onu muhkem bir nasih kabul ederlerdi.» demiş

Sahih Muslim 2607a, Book 45, The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship, Hadith 134. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) enjoined truthfulness and informed that adherence to it leads to constant good deeds. Persistence in doing good deeds leads the doer to Paradise, and he continues to adopt truthfulness in secret and public and deserves to be labeled as most truthful - this is extreme truthfulness.

Then, he (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) warned of lying and false speech, for it prompts a person to deviate from uprightness and to engage in evil, corruption, and sins; then, it leads him to Hellfire. He continues to tell more and more lies until he is recorded with Allah among the liars.

What it teaches

  • Truthfulness is a noble trait that one can possess by diligently seeking to acquire it. If a person keeps telling the truth and strives to tell the truth, truthfulness will turn into second nature to him, and thus he will be recorded with Allah among the truthful and pious ones.
  • Lying is a bad trait that a person acquires through long-term practice and the keenness to engage in it through words and deeds until it becomes part of his nature and disposition. Then, he will be recorded with Allah Almighty as a frequent liar.
  • Truthfulness refers to the truthfulness of the tongue, the opposite of lying; truthfulness in intention, which is sincerity; truthfulness in the determination to do something good a person has intended; truthfulness in actions, the least of which is the uprightness of one's innermost and outward character; and truthfulness in situations, such as truthfulness in fear, hope, and so on. Whoever is characterized by these is the most truthful, and whoever is characterized by some of them is truthful.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍTold us
  3. 3Uthman ibn Abi ShaybahWith, Fourth generation, died 239 AH
  4. 4Wahb ibn JarirWith, Third generation, died 206 AH

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