Honesty in the Hadith

Abstract

Praise be to God, who made adherence to the goals of religion a way to happiness and advancement, and I bear witness that there is no god but God, alone, with no partner, a testimony that earns us with God the ranks of the righteous, and I bear witness that Muhammad is His servant and His Messenger to whom the enemies testify of truth and trust (may God bless him and grant him peace) and his family and companions who believed what they promised May God bless him until they were among the truthful, the martyrs, and the righteous. And after that, sincerity has good effects and many benefits. Truthfulness is a good that leads its owner to good deeds. Honesty honors one’s destiny, elevates his status, describes his god, and prolongs his life. It saves its owner from the wrath of lying, the prick of conscience, and the humiliation of apology. Some rhetoricians said: “The truthful person is protected, and the liar is humiliated and humiliated.”