حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ وَوَکِيعٌ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ ح و حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو کُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْکُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَی الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَی الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ وَيَتَحَرَّی الصِّدْقَ حَتَّی يُکْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صِدِّيقًا وَإِيَّاکُمْ وَالْکَذِبَ فَإِنَّ الْکَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَی الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَی النَّارِ وَمَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَکْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّی الْکَذِبَ حَتَّی يُکْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ کَذَّابًا
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 6639
Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: It is obligatory for you to tell the truth, for truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the man who continues to speak the truth and endeavours to tell the truth is eventually recorded as truthful with Allah, and beware of telling of a lie for telling of a lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell-Fire, and the person who keeps telling lies and endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a liar with Allah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020