Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of trouble! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of bad things, but his promise to tell the truth saved him.
Once a man came to the prophet Muhammad (S) and said, "Oh prophet of Allah, I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I give up first?" The prophet said, "Give up telling lies first and always speak the truth." The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the promise he made with the prophet. "If tomorrow the prophet asks me where have I been, what shall I say? Shall I say that I went out stealing? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be punished for stealing."
So the man decided not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he felt like drinking wine, when he was about to do so, he said to himself, "What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what did I do during the day? I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will hate me, because a Muslim is not allowed to drink wine." And so he gave up the idea of drinking wine.
In this way, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth at all times. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a good Muslim and a very good person.
If you always speak the truth, you can be a good person, a good Muslim whom Allah likes and favors. If Allah - our Creator - is pleased with us, He will reward us with HEAVEN, which is a place of happiness and joy.
mashAllah ...that is very nice.. may Allah reward you and inshAllah all muslims can tell the turth and fear Allah ameen
salam walkaum wa rahmatuAllah wa barkatoh
~May Allah bless,guide,protect all of the ummah, may he protect us from shaytan and his whispers and the mischif of the people and the kaffers. May he never take us off the stright path ameen~ZaKiRaH
jazakallah sister from this promise i have made insha'allah i will be able to become a better muslim! please do du'a for me and my father who is not in a good state at the moment . wassalamualaikum!
good post.
i also think that being honest is extremely important.
but there are different kinds of lies and i wonder what the position of islam about lying that comes from a desire not to wound another's feelings.
i'm talking about what are usually called "white lies".
does islam distinguish between the 2 different kinds?
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good post.
i also think that being honest is extremely important.
but there are different kinds of lies and i wonder what the position of islam about lying that comes from a desire not to wound another's feelings.
i'm talking about what are usually called "white lies".
does islam distinguish between the 2 different kinds?
I never heard about white lies. Could you explain me exactly at what are you thinking when you said: hurting the other feelings. (example)
Telling the truth is a very good habit. If you always speak the truth, you can save yourself from a lot of trouble! Here is a story of a man who did a lot of bad things, but his promise to tell the truth saved him.
Once a man came to the prophet Muhammad (S) and said, "Oh prophet of Allah, I have many bad habits. Which one of them should I give up first?" The prophet said, "Give up telling lies first and always speak the truth." The man promised to do so and went home.
At night the man was about to go out to steal. Before setting out, he thought for a moment about the promise he made with the prophet. "If tomorrow the prophet asks me where have I been, what shall I say? Shall I say that I went out stealing? No, I cannot say that. But nor can I lie. If I tell the truth, everyone will start hating me and call me a thief. I would be punished for stealing."
So the man decided not to steal that night, and gave up this bad habit.
Next day, he felt like drinking wine, when he was about to do so, he said to himself, "What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what did I do during the day? I cannot tell a lie, and if I speak the truth people will hate me, because a Muslim is not allowed to drink wine." And so he gave up the idea of drinking wine.
In this way, whenever the man thought of doing something bad, he remembered his promise to tell the truth at all times. One by one, he gave up all his bad habits and became a good Muslim and a very good person.
If you always speak the truth, you can be a good person, a good Muslim whom Allah likes and favors. If Allah - our Creator - is pleased with us, He will reward us with HEAVEN, which is a place of happiness and joy.
I never heard about white lies. Could you explain me exactly at what are you thinking when you said: hurting the other feelings. (example)
they are little, insignificant, superficial things. such as bolstering a person's self confidence. "do i look like a horse in this dress?" usually the lie can be avoided simply by keeping your mouth shut. ("no, you look like an elephant") -
there are times when not hurting someone's feelings is more important than telling a "white" lie.
or it could be that someone asks you "do you mind doing blah blah blah?"
and you really do because you are lazy - but you say, "no" and go ahead and do it anyway.
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