Do the scholars fall under the category of the truthful ones (siddeeqin) or the righteous ones?

Question:
May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Do the scholars fall under the category of the truthful ones (siddeeqin) or the righteous ones in the verse from Surat al-Nisa?

Answer:
The truthful one (siddeeq). The truthful one means his rank is after the prophets. His rank is after the prophets. . The truthful one is the one in whom no falsehood has occurred. The one in whom no falsehood has occurred in his knowledge, his actions, or his conduct.
This is the truthful one. And in the hadith: So the scholar falls under this without doubt if he possesses this attribute; then he falls under the truthful ones. Yes. May Allah reward you. The questioner asks: Even the ordinary believing person, if he commits to truthfulness, he becomes one of the truthful ones. Yes.