102 Religious Studies: IslamHonesty
Honesty and truthfulness are great virtues of men. He who
possesses this virtue, he is called honest and truthful. Honesty is
very much dear to Allah. So Allah loves the person, who
possesses this quality. Honesty always leads men to honest
deeds. Honest deeds show him the way to heaven (Jannat).
Honesty abstained men from sins and crimes. Because, an
honest man thinks that if he commits sin, and somebody asks
him regarding this, then he can not tell lies. He will be
compelled to confess. Then he will be punished. He will be
ashamed and will not commit sin henceforth.
Once a man came to the Prophet (Sm) and said that he has
committed quite a few sins. He has determined to give up one
from them firstly. He asked the Prophet (sm), which one will he
give up at first? The Prophet (sm) advised him to give up firstly
to tell lies. Afterwards that man never told a lie. Even he was
abstained from committing sins fearing that he could not tell lies
if somebody asks him about his evil doings.
We shall come to know now a beautiful incident about honesty
and truthfulness.
Once upon a time many knowledge seekers used to travel to
Bagdad from the town of Jilan of Iran for education. One day
the mother of Barapir (The great saint) Hazrat Abdul kader
Jilani (R), sent him to Bangdad with a group of merchants. At