hadith
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Sa'dan ibn Muslim narrated that Imam Kazim (a.s) said
“Tell the truth even if this will cause your destruction, since this is how you will be saved. Abandon the wrong even if your freedom depends upon it, since the wrong will result in your destruction.”
عن سعدان بن مسلم قال
قال الكاظم (عليه السلام): يا فلان! قل الحق وإن كان فيه هلاكك فإن فيه نجاتك، ودع الباطل وإن كان فيه نجاتك فإن فيه هلاكك.
Similar narrations
- Ghurar al-Ḥikam #5313 Imam Ali (AS) said, The truth saves you, even if you fear it.
- Mīzān al-Ḥikma #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...