Be Truthful [Muslim]

Lessons learnt from this Hadith:

1. A Muslim must always speak the truth
2. Allah  loves those who speak the truth.
3. Allah  will save those people who always speak the truth.
4. One who is always truthful will enter Jannah.
5. A liar will be destroyed by Allah .

Story:

Hazrat Abdul Qadir Jilaani was a very great saint.
When he was a young lad, he decided to go to Baghdad to
acquire religious knowledge. Before leaving, his mother
gave him 40 gold coins and sewed them in an inside pocket.
She then advised him to never speak a lie. He promised his
mother that he will obey her and not speak a lie.
In those days there were no cars, trains or planes. People
used to travel in groups forming a caravan. Shaikh Abdul
Qadir also joined a caravan going to Baghdad.
On the way, a gang of robbers attacked the caravan and
started stealing the peoples’ money. A robber came to
Shaikh Abdul Qadir and asked if he had any money.
He replied that he had 40 gold coins. The robber thought
that he was joking so he left him alone.
After a while another robber came and asked Shaikh Abdul
Qadir if he had any money. Again he replied that he
had 40 gold coins. The robber didn’t believe him because
he looked like he was poor. The second robber also left him
alone. The news of this young boy reached the leader of
the robbers. The leader told them to bring the young boy
to him.
When Shaikh Abdul Qadir was brought, the leader
of the robbers asked him if he had any money. Shaikh
Abdul Qadir replied that he had 40 gold coins with
him. The leader of the robbers asked, “Where is it?”

“Sewn in an inside pocket.” he replied. The leader told one of the
robbers to search the young boy. When the robber
searched him, he found 40 gold coins which were hidden in
an inside pocket. On seeing this, all the robbers were
astonished. The leader said, “You know that we are robbers
and that we steal money from people. Your money was
safely hidden. If you lied to us that you don’t have any
money, we would have believed you and your money would
have been safe. What made you speak the truth and show
us your money?” Shaikh Abdul Qadir replied, “Before I left home, my
mother told me never to speak a lie. Therefore I will not
disobey my mother, not even for the sake of 40 gold coins.”
The words of this young lad greatly affected the leader of
the robbers who said, “This lad has obeyed his mother
whereas I have disobeyed Allah  my entire life. I make
taubah for my sins and promise not to trouble anyone for
the rest of my life.” The other robbers also made taubah
and returned all the money to the people. They then lived
their lives obeying Allah  and became His close friends.