How to Speak the Truth and Its Conditions
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How does one speak the truth? And what is the meaning of what was reported in the hadith: “Let no one be prevented from speaking the truth by the awe of people,” or as it was reported?
The Shaykh:
Yes, one speaks the truth through the lawful means, the lawful means. By the lawful means, I mean gathering the evidence; one does not take one piece of evidence and leave the other. It is to be done with wisdom and good exhortation, and with the best kind of argumentation. One must also have knowledge. Yes, it is necessary that there be legal conditions.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And that speaking the truth does not lead to greater harm; it must not lead to greater harm. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: How does one speak the truth? And what is the meaning of what was reported in the hadith: “Let no one be prevented from speaking the truth by the awe of people,” or as it was reported?
The Shaykh:
Yes, one speaks the truth through the lawful means, the lawful means. By the lawful means, I mean gathering the evidence; one does not take one piece of evidence and leave the other. It is to be done with wisdom and good exhortation, and with the best kind of argumentation. One must also have knowledge. Yes, it is necessary that there be legal conditions.
The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
And that speaking the truth does not lead to greater harm; it must not lead to greater harm. Yes.
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شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، الباب الخامس في أن حياة القلب وصحته لا تحصل إلا بأن يكون مدركًا للحق مريدًا له مؤثرًا له على غيره — islamhouse.com (50:50)
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