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ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ تَعَوُّدِ الْمَرْءِ الْكَذِبَ فِي كَلَامِهِ، إِذِ الْكَذِبُ مِنَ الْفُجُورِ

ibnhibban:5734 – Abū Yaʿlá > Isḥāq b. Ismāʿīl al-Ṭālaqānī > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Shuʿbah > Yazīd b. Khumayr > Sulaym b. ʿĀmir > Awsaṭ b. Ismāʿīl > Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You must be truthful, for it leads to righteousness and they are both in Paradise. And beware of dishonesty, for it leads to wickedness and they are both in the Hellfire." (Using translation from Ṭabarānī 17005)

ابن حبّان:٥٧٣٤ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الطَّالَقَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ خُمَيْرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ سُلَيْمَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَوْسَطَ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْبِرِّ وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ مَعَ الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ»

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tabarani:17005 – Abū Zurʿah ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAmr > Yuḥyī b. Ṣāliḥ al-Wuḥāẓī > Muḥammad b. ʿUmar al-Ṭāʾī > Thābit b. Saʿd > Muʿāwiyah b. Abū Sufyān

the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "You must be truthful, for it leads to righteousness and they are both in Paradise. And beware of dishonesty, for it leads to wickedness and they are both in the Hellfire."

الطبراني:١٧٠٠٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عَمْرٍو؛ ثنا يُحْيِي بْنُ صَالِحٍ الْوُحَاظِيُّ؛ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الطَّائِيُّ؛ ثنا ثَابِتُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ قَالَ؛ سَمِعْتُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَهُمَا فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّهُ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَهُمَا فِي النَّارِ»

suyuti:15676a –
Translation not available.
السيوطي:١٥٦٧٦a –

"عَلَيكُمْ بالصدق فَإِنَّهُ يَهدى إلى البر، وهما في الجنة، وإياكم والكذبَ، فإِنه يَهدِى إِلى الفجورِ، وهما في النار".

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