Mīzān al-Ḥikma

The Necessity of Telling the Truth Even to Ones Own Detriment

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Truthfulness 4 God-consciousness/Piety 1 Justice 1 Imam Musa al-Kazim 1 Ahl al-Bayt 1

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hadith 4317
The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The most God wary of people is he who speaks the truth, be it for or against him.
رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) : أتْقى النّاسِ مَن قالَ الحقَّ فيما لَهُ وعَلَيهِ.
Tags TruthfulnessGod-consciousness/Piety
hadith 4318
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘It is written on the hilt of one of the Prophet (SAWA)s swords: ‘Speak the truth even if it be against yourself.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : في قائمةِ سَيفٍ مِن سُيوفِ رسولِ اللّهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) صَحيفَةٌ فِيها...قُلِ الحقَّ ولو على نفسِكَ .
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hadith 4319
Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The best of people in the sight of Allah is he who likes to act according to what is right - even if it brings him loss and misery - more than what is wrong, even if it brings him profit and increase of wealth.
الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : إنّ أفْضلَ النّاسِ عندَ اللّهِ مَن كانَ العَملُ بالحقِّ أحَبَّ إليهِ ـ وإنْ نَقَصَهُ وكَرَثَهُ ـ مِن الباطِلِ وإنْ جَرَّ إلَيهِ فائدةً وزادَهُ .
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hadith 4320
Imam al-Kazim (AS) said, ‘Speak the truth even if it entails your own ruin, for verily your deliverance is therein… and abandon falsehood even if it entails your deliverance, for truly therein is your ruin.
الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) : قُلِ الحقَّ وإنْ كانَ فيهِ هَلاكُكَ ، فإنَّ فيهِ نَجاتَكَ ... ودَعِ الباطِلَ وإنْ كانَ فيهِ نَجاتُكَ فإنّ فيهِ هَلاكَكَ .
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