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ahmad:4095Yaḥyá > Shuʿbah > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh > In Muḥammad ﷺ > al-a man Yakdhib Ḥattá Yuktab ʿInd Allāh Kadhhāb

[Machine] It was reported that a man continues to lie until he is recorded by Allah as a liar, and that a man continues to tell the truth until he is recorded by Allah as truthful.  

أحمد:٤٠٩٥حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا ﷺ

حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ كَذَّابًا وَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ صِدِّيقًا  


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ahmad:4022ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Maʿmar > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > Ibn Masʿūd > Wʾinnī

[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allahﷺ say: "Indeed, a servant may lie until he is recorded with Allah as a liar, or he may speak the truth until he is recorded with Allah as truthful."  

أحمد:٤٠٢٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ وإِنِّي

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْعَبْدَ لَيَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ كَذَّابًا أَوْ يَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ صِدِّيقًا  

ahmad:4187Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "A person continues to speak the truth and strive for truthfulness until he is recorded as a truthful person by Allah. Likewise, a person continues to lie and strive for falsehood until he is recorded as a liar by Allah."  

أحمد:٤١٨٧حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الصِّدْقَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ صِدِّيقًا وَلَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَكْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللهِ كَذَّابًا  

ذِكْرُ كِتْبَةِ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَعَلَا الْمَرْءَ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الصِّدِّيقِينَ بِمُدَاوَمَتِهِ عَلَى الصِّدْقِ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:272al-Ḥusayn b. Muḥammad b. Abū Maʿshar Biḥarrān > Bishr b. Khālid > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar > Shuʿbah > Sulaymān And Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "A man will continue speaking the truth and seeking truthfulness until he is recorded with Allah as a truthful person. And a man will continue lying and seeking falsehood until he is recorded with Allah as a liar."  

ابن حبّان:٢٧٢أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ بِحَرَّانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ وَمَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «لَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الصِّدْقَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صِدِّيقًا وَلَا يَزَالُ يَكْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا»  

ذِكْرُ رَجَاءِ دُخُولِ الْجِنَانِ لِلدَّوَامِ عَلَى الصِّدْقِ فِي الدُّنْيَا

ibnhibban:273Abū Yaʿlá > Abū Khaythamah > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell, and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a liar. (Using translation from Muslim 2607a)  

ابن حبّان:٢٧٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ لَيَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صِدِّيقًا وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا»  

suyuti:5665a

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6094)   

السيوطي:٥٦٦٥a

"إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدى إِلى الْبَرِّ، وَإنَّ الْبَرَّ يَهْدى إِلى الْجَنة، وَإنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حتَّى يُكْتَبَ عنْدَ الله صِدِّيقًا، وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدى إِلى الْفُجُورِ، وإن الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِى إِلى النَّارِ، وإِنَّ الرَّجَلَ لَيَكْذِبُ حتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ الله كَذَّابًا".  

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