1097 - أصدَقُ الأقوالِ‏

1097. The Most Truthful of Sayings

(اللَّهُ لا إلهَ إلَّا هُوَ لَيَجْمَعَنَّكُمْ إلَى‏ يَوْمِ القِيامَةِ لا رَيْبَ فِيهِ وَمَنْ أصْدَقُ مِنَ اللَّهِ حَدِيْثاً).¹

“Allah – there is no god except Him – will surely gather you on the Day of Resurrection, in which there is no doubt; and who is more truthful in speech than Allah?”²

3476.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام - لَمّا سُئلَ عن أصدَقِ الأقوالِ - : شَهادَةُ أن لا إلهَ إلّا اللَّهُ .³

3476. Imam Ali (AS), when he was asked about the most truthful saying, replied, ‘The testimony that there is no god but Allah.’⁴

3477.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : أصدَقُ المَقالِ مانَطَقَ بهِ لِسانُ الحالِ .⁵

3477.Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The most truthful of sayings is that which expresses one’s feelings.’⁶

1096 - الإختِبارُ بِصِدقِ الحَدِيثِ‏

1096. TESTING PEOPLE THROUGH Truthfulness in Speech

3474.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : لا تَغتَرُّوا بِصلاتِهِم ولا بِصِيامِهِم ؛ فإنَّ الرجُلَ ربّما لَهِجَ بِالصلاةِ والصومِ حتّى‏ لَو تَرَكَهُ استَوحَشَ ، ولكنِ اختَبِرُوهُم عِند صِدقِ الحَديثِ وأداءِ الأمانَةِ .¹

3474.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Do not be deceived by their [lengthy] prayer or their [abundant] fasting, for verily it may be that a man becomes so attached to his prayer and his fasting that were he to stop doing them, he would be greatly disturbed. Rather test these people through the truth in their speech and their prompt return of goods entrusted in their care.’²

3475.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : أحسَنُ مِنَ الصِدقِ قائلُهُ ، وخَيرٌ مِن الخَيرِ فاعِلُهُ .³

3475.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Better than the truth itself is the one who tells it, and better than the good deed itself is the one who performs it.’⁴