Ramadan series Day 14; Truth.

Good morning read cash families.

Today is another beautiful day on the earth's surface. It’s so amazing to see how fast time flies. The most important thing is still having the opportunity to breathe in and out. Our lives might not be in the perfect shape they wished them to be, but still, we can’t deny the fact that we are better than some people out there and they keep looking up to God so they even accomplish a little of what we have.

Glory be to the source that created life and all in it. He made us what we are, how we are, and where we are today. That’s one reason why we should always be grateful. If he had made us animals what would we do about it? So all he expects from me and you as humans is to appreciate him.

Today being the 14th of the holy month of Ramadan, tomorrow would be halfway into fasting five more days to the last ten days. I pray Allah makes it easy for us to witness and accept our supplication and act of worship.

This would be tagged the Ramadan series 14 by the count, and the topic to be discussed would be TRUTH.

What is the truth?

Truth is a state of being true or putting oneself by the reality and facts about things.

What are the advantages of telling the truth?

Tell the truth always

There is no benefit from telling lies, the only benefit of telling a lie is that it makes people lose their trust in you and believe you less. But telling the truth might be bitter but it’s the best thing to do.

A Yoruba is saying that when two friends come out of a meeting and keep laughing and smiling at each other then they tell themselves nothing but lies, but when they come out of a meeting and they frown at each other then they must have told themselves nothing but the truth.

Truth is surely worth sacrificing for, it gives your mind peace and also makes one more reliable and trustworthy.

The truth may hurt for a while but lies hurt forever

This quote is nothing but a fact. Most times we feel telling the truth hurts, but in the long run, we realize we get healed quickly after spitting out the truth because we know there is nothing hidden that hasn't been saying. Moreover telling the lies would hurt you forever just because you would never have peace of mind and it would always bother you. You won’t be free as your conscience would keep on tormenting you till you speak the truth.

A truthful fellow would always remain humble, loyal, and friendly, but a liar would remain arrogant, disrespectful, and careless. The difference between truth and lies is like heaven to the earth. There is a pure difference between telling the truth and lies.

It is advisable to speak the truth and let the devil be ashamed than to tell lies and become a friend to the devil.

Is telling the truth a heavenly virtue?

The holy book has encouraged us to always tell the truth no matter how hard it is. Allah has called upon himself to be the most truthful. So he commanded us all to remain truthful in all we do.

The holy prophet is also known to be a truthful person which has made him the best among mankind. We should also try to inculcate this habit from the prophet and remain virtuous for the few times we have left in life.

I pray the Almighty Allah accepts our fasting and other acts of worship from us and grants us paradise.