Q 25: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim must be honest?
Q 25: What is the textual proof from the Glorious Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah that a Muslim must be honest?
A--- Allah the Almighty says:
{Alif-Lam-Mim[9] Do people think that they will be left alone because they say: "We believe, "and will not be tested. And We indeed tested those who were before them. And Allah will certainly make (it) known (the truth of) those who are true, and will certainly make (it) known (the falsehood of) those Who are liars[10]}.
(Al-'Ankabut, 1-3)
Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) says:
"Anyone who sincerely testifies that there is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is His Messenger will be delivered by Allah from the Hell-Fire ".
(Bukhari and Muslim)
He (Peace be upon him) said to the Bedouin who asked him about the rituals of Islam and said (the Bedouin): 'By Allah! I will not do extra deeds or leave anything from it', he,
Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon him) said: 'He will be successful if he has told the truth'.
(Bukhari and Muslim)
[1] The Arabic word' Abd means a male slave, a slave of Allah the Almighty. (Translator)
[2] Accept Islamic Monotheism, follow the Qur'an and the Sunnah. (Translator)
[3] Muhsin: i.e. good-doer (one who performs good deeds totally for Allah's sake without any show off or to gain praise or fame and does them in accordance with the Sunnah of Allah's Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him». (Translator)
[4] Mukhbitun: Those who obey Allah with humility and are humble from among the true believers of Islamic Monotheism. (Translator)
[5] Good-doer i.e. performs good deeds totally for Allah's sake without any show off or to gain praise or fame and does them in accordance with the Sunnah of Allah's Messenger Muhammad (Peace be upon him). (Translator)
[6] [La ilaha illallah (none has the right to be worshipped but Allah)]. (Translator)
[7] i.e. from the right side of one of us and beautify for us every evil, enjoin on us polytheism, and stop us from the truth i.e. Islamic Monotheism and from every good deed. (Translator)
[8] i.e. Polytheists, sinners, disbelievers, criminals, and the disobedient to Allah. (Translator)
[9] These letters are one of the miracles of the Qur'an, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings.
Translator)
[10] Although Allah knows all that before putting them to test. (Translator)
