The One Who Is Truthful — Does Not Care About His Status In The Eyes Of The Creation:
Being Truthful means speaking the Truth and also saying things that reflect reality — Being Truthful is one of the necessities of a human society, one of the virtues of human behaviour, and brings great benefits, whilst lying is one of the major elements of corruption in human society, and the cause of the destruction of social structure and ties, one of the most evil Features of bad conduct, and causes widespread harm. Hence Islam commanded Truthfulness and Forbade lying.
Abd-Allaah ibn Masood (May Allaah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (saw) said: You must be Truthful, For Tuthfulness 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 Allah as a siddeeq (speaker of the Truth).
Beware of telling lies, For lying leads to immorality and immorality leads to Hellfire. A man will keep telling lies and striving to tell lies until he is recorded with Allah as a liar. (Reported by Muslim, 4721)
This Hadeeth indicates that Truthfulness leads to righteousness (al-birr), an all-embracing concept that includes all kinds of goodness and different kinds of righteous deeds.
Immorality is basically an inclination towards deviation From the Truth, and the immoral person (Faajir) is one who is inclined to turn away From the path of guidance. Hence immorality and righteousness are diametrically opposed.
Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Abi Taalib (May Allah be pleased with them both) said: I memorized From the Messenger of Allaah (saw): Leave that which makes you doubt For that which does not make you doubt, For Truthfulness is certainty and tranquillity, whilst lying is doubt and confusion.
(Reported by al-Tirmidhi, 2520; al-Nisaa'i, 8/327; and Ahmad, 1/200)
Truthfulness includes being Truthful towards Allah by worshipping Him sincerely; being Truthful towards one's own soul by making it adhere to the laws of Allah; and being Truthful with people in one's words and by keeping one's promises, and in dealings such as buying, selling and marriage, so there should be no deceiving, cheating, Falsifying or withholding of information. Thus a person should be the same on the inside and the outside.
Being Truthful in promises and covenants is one of the characteristics by which the Believers are known. Both promises and covenants involve saying something about an issue to confirm that you will do it, especially with regard to one's duties towards Allah. Allah says, praising some of His slaves (interpretation of the meanings):
Those who are Faithfully true to their amaanaat (all the duties which Allah has ordained, honesty, moral responsibility and trust, etc.) and to their covenants. (Al-Muminoon 23:8)
And who Fulfil their covenant when they make it? (Al-Baqarah 2:177)
Among the Believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah [i.e., they have gone out For jihad (holy fighting), and showed not their backs to the disbelievers], of them some have fulfilled their obligations (i.e., have been martyred), and some of them are still waiting, but they have never changed [i.e., they never proved treacherous to their covenant which they concluded with Allaah] in the least. (Al-Ahzaab 33:23)
So, the point is that — when a person is afraid to appear before Allah(swt) on the Day of Judgment, the Fear of people leaves his heart and he does not refrain From speaking the Truth in Front of the oppressor because of the Fear of man.
We ask Allah(swt) to make us sincere and Truthful in word and deed. May Allah(swt) include us among those who speak the Truth. (Ameen).
JazakAllah (May Allah Reward You [with] Goodness)For Reading.
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