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the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads
to Al-Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wicked-
ness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling
lies till he is written before Allah, a liar." (Sahih Bukhari,
Volume 8, Book 73, Number 116; Sahih Muslim)

NOT TO TRUST PERSONS WHOSE
WORDS ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED
In searching for the truth, the Qur’an advises us to consult
others in situations where one’s own experience or knowl-
edge is insufficient. Often, when Muslims fear they may have
made a mistake, they seek advice about how to find the right

thing to do and avoid wrong actions. That is, the aim of seek-
ing advice is to find out what is right and proper.
However, not everyone has the wisdom and honesty to
make the right decisions or to lay his own interests aside.
There are people, too, whose words cannot be trusted.
Anyone who gives advice must possess particular qualities,
the foremost of which is faith in Allah. Only by acting accord-
ing to his conscience can a person make a right evaluation of
a situation and explain it to someone else, even if such an
explanation is not in his own best interests. His love and fear
of Allah make him conscientious and trustworthy.
Any person who fails to employ his conscience and dis-
plays moral failings has neither the ability to see the right
choice nor the ability to lead another to the truth.
Consequently, a Muslim must be meticulous in choosing his
advisors. In the Qur’an, Allah forbids obedience to wicked