Bin ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهُمَا said, ‘Are you observing (supererogatory) fast in     this intense hot day even though you are herding goats in these mountains!’ He responded, ‘By Allah (عَزَّوَجَلَّ)! I am doing this to compensate for my previous days.’

Intending to test his piety, Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهُمَا asked him, ‘Will you sell one of your goats to me? I will give you its price as well as its meat so that you can break your fast with it.’ He replied, ‘These goats do not belong to me. They belong to my owner.’ To test him further, Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهُمَا said, ‘You may say to your owner that a wolf took away one of the goats.’ The slave said, ‘Then where is Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ? (i.e. Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ is watching, He عَزَّوَجَلَّ knows the truth, and He will punish me for this).’ When Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin ‘Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَـالٰی عَـنْهُمَا returned to Madinah, he رَضِىَ اللهُ تَعَالٰی عَـنْهُ bought the slave and the goats from his owner and then set him free as well as gifted the goats to him.

(Shu’ab-ul-Iman, vol. 4, pp. 329, Hadees 5291)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

اَلْـحَمْـدُ لـِلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! By telling the truth, one is honoured in the worldly life as well as in the afterlife. Always speak the truth and never tell a lie!

Telling the truth saved his life

One day Hajjaj Bin Yusuf was getting a few prisoners killed; one prisoner stood up and said, ‘O leader! I have a right over you.’ ‘What is that?’ Hajjaj asked. The prisoner explained, ‘One day, such and such person was speaking ill of you and I defended you.’ Hajjaj asked, ‘Who is a witness of this incident?’ That prisoner requested to the others, ‘Whoever heard that conversation, give witness for the sake of Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ.’ Another prisoner stood up and said, ‘Yes! This incident took place in front of me.’

Hajjaj ordered to set the first prisoner free, then asked the prisoner who became a witness, ‘What stopped you from defending me like that prisoner?’ He replied truthfully, ‘What stopped me was an old enmity towards you in