Chapter "The Chapter on the Inappropriateness of Lying": Explanation of the Hadith of 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him): "Adhere to truthfulness, for truthfulness leads to righteousness..."

The Shaykh : I am following up on that hadith which contains that dispensation
with his statement: "The Chapter on the Inappropriateness of Lying".
Then he narrated beneath it with its authentic chain of transmission:
From 'Abdullah—and here he is 'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud—from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) who said: or a liar.
In this hadith, as is clear and evident, the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) exhorted all people, men and women, married and unmarried, to adhere to truthful speech. This is equivalent in expression to saying it is obligatory for you to hold fast to truthfulness. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) provided the reason for this with an explanatory clause, saying: It leads to good, it leads to righteous deeds. So whoever’s foundation and constant habit in his speech is truthfulness, this truthfulness opens for him a path to righteousness and to good.
And what comes after that? He said: Meaning it becomes a cause for the one who adheres to truthfulness in his speech to be admitted into Paradise. This is similar to the authentic, well-known hadith in Muslim and others: So seeking knowledge is a cause that leads one to Paradise. Why?
This is a clear matter, because through knowledge a person recognizes what is lawful and comes to it and enjoys it, recognizes what is obligatory and comes to it and worships Allah with it, and recognizes what is forbidden and avoids it, and thereby becomes pious before Allah, and thus the person reaches Paradise. So when a Muslim adheres to truthfulness in his speech and conversation, this truthfulness will stamp him with the mark of good and the mark of righteousness, and this will guide him to Paradise.
And conversely, if one adheres to lying, here is a phrase in which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) says: And in another narration: And this is clearer than the author’s narration here.
may indicate that he tells the truth frequently, but the other narration: is more emphatic in clarifying that this man’s habit and character is to always speak in his conversation with what is truth and corresponds to reality, so this man continues to tell the truth until he is recorded by Allah as a truthful one (Siddiq). This is a high station which Allah (Mighty and Majestic) rarely attributed to any of His servants except when He mentioned His Prophet and His intimate friend Ibrahim (peace be upon him), where He said of him: .