The Importance of Truthfulness- By Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Mad’khali [Part 2]

The Importance of truthfulness and its necessity for the (upright) establishment of the worldly and religious matters- By Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Mad’khali, may Allah preserve him

Due to the (great) significance of truthfulness and its position in the Sight of Allah, as well as among Muslims and the sensible ones among humankind, Allah described Himself as one who is truthful. He said:

قُلْ صَدَقَ ٱللَّهُ فَٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مِلَّةَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ حَنِيفًا وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ

Say (O Muhammad): “Allah has spoken the truth; follow the religion of Ibrahim (Abraham) Hanifa (Islamic Monotheism, i.e. he used to worship Allah Alone), and he was not of polytheists. [Aal Imran 95]

This is a praise from Allah regarding Himself with this magnificent description (trait, quality). He is truthful in all His reports, in all His speech, in His divine legislations, in what He has narrated about His prophets and their nations, regarding the Children of Israel, their prophets, believers, and sinners, those who disbelieved among them, and regarding their alterations of Allah’s Books, namely the Torah and the Gospel, and taking their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides Allah (by obeying them in things which they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by Allah). [Footnote a]

Allah said:

وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حَدِيثًا

And who is truer in statement than Allah?! [Al-Nisa 87]

Allah said:

وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا وَمَنْ أَصْدَقُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ قِيلًا

Allah’s Promise is the Truth, and whose words can be truer than those of Allah? (Of course, none). [Al-Nisa 122]

Allah said:
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا قَبْلَكَ إِلَّا رِجَالًا نُّوحِىٓ إِلَيْهِمْ فَسْـَٔلُوٓا۟ أَهْلَ ٱلذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰهُمْ جَسَدًا لَّا يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ خَٰلِدِينَ
ثُمَّ صَدَقْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْوَعْدَ فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُمْ وَمَن نَّشَآءُ وَأَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

And We sent not (as Our Messengers) before you (O Muhammad) any but men, whom We inspired, (to preach and invite mankind to believe in the Oneness of Allah). So ask of those who know the Scripture if you know not. And We did not create them (the Messengers, with) bodies that ate not food, nor were they immortals; then We fulfilled to them the promise, and We saved them and those whom We willed, but We destroyed Al-Musrifun (i.e. extravagants in oppression, polytheism and in sin). [Al-Anbiya 7-9]

Allah said:
ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِبَغْيِهِمْ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

Thus We recompensed them for their rebellion [committing crimes like murdering the Prophets, eating of Riba (usury), etc.]. And verily, We are Truthful. [Al-An’am 146]

Thus, Allah has described Himself with this magnificent description (trait, quality): truthfulness in speech, truthfulness in actions, truthfulness in promises, and truthfulness in warnings. This includes truthfulness in the accounts about His prophets and beloved faithful servants, as well as truthfulness in the reports concerning His enemies, those who disbelieve in Him. [End of quote] [Paraphrased. Refer to Arabic here: sidq

To be continued…InShaAllah

Footnote a: Read on this link by Shaikh Abu Khadeejah, may Allah preserve him:

https://abukhadeejah.com/obedience-to-the-scholars-and-rulers-in-making-haram-what-allah-has-made-halal-and-vice-versa-kitab-tawheed-ch-37/