
Lesson 1 · Sidq · ages 8-11
Truth leads somewhere
The Prophet ﷺ said truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise, while lying leads the other way.
- The hadith
The Prophet ﷺ said truthfulness leads to righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise, and a man keeps telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person.
- It works both ways
The same hadith says falsehood leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire.
- You become what you repeat
Nobody decides one day to be a liar; it is built from small lies that were easier than the truth.
- Allah's command
Allah tells the believers to be with the truthful and to fear Him.
- Truth is easier to keep
A lie needs more lies to hold it up; the truth only needs saying once.
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَكُونُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ
Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanut taqul laaha wa koonoo ma'as saadiqeen
“O you who have believed, fear Allah and be with those who are true.”
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَقُولُوا۟ قَوْلًۭا سَدِيدًۭا
Yaaa aiyuhal lazeena aamanut taqul laaha wa qooloo qawlan sadeedaa
“O you who have believed, fear Allah and speak words of appropriate justice.”
وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۚ إِنَّ ٱلسَّمْعَ وَٱلْبَصَرَ وَٱلْفُؤَادَ كُلُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَانَ عَنْهُ مَسْـُٔولًۭا
Wa laa taqfu maa laisa laka bihee 'ilm; innas sam'a walbasara walfu'aada kullu ulaaa'ika kaana 'anhu mas'oolaa
“And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge. Indeed, the hearing, the sight and the heart - about all those [one] will be questioned.”
“Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 6094
“Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful.”
Sahih Muslim 2607a
Do this before next time
Tell one truth today that you would normally have covered with a small lie.





