Conditions of Bai'at and Responsibilities of an Ahmadi — Page 24
C ONDITIONS OF B AI ‘ AT AND R ESPONSIBILITIES OF AN A H MAD I 24 did not do so, it would be counted as a lie. ’ ( Musnadu Ahmad- abni H a n bal , vol. 2, p. 452, printed in Beirut) This point is very important for moral training. Keep in mind that for the moral training of children you should not say such things even by way of jest. Otherwise, children will pick up the habit of telling lies in daily conversation, and lying would become a firm habit later in their lives. Gradually they will lose all feelings and inhibitions against telling lies. Hadrat Ibn-e-Mas‘ u d ra has related that the Holy Prophet sa said, ‘Truth guides to virtue, and virtue guides to Paradise. A person keeps telling the truth till in the sight of Allah he is named truthful. Lying leads to vice, and vice leads to the Fire; and a person keeps lying till in the sight of Allah he is named a liar. ’ ( S a hih Al-Bukh ari , Kit a bul-Adabi, B a bu Qaulill a he Ittaqull a ha wa k unu ma‘a s Sa diq i n) Hadrat ‘Abdull a h Bin ‘Amr Bin al-‘ As ra narrates that, ‘A man came to the Holy Prophet sa and said, ‘ O Prophet of Allah, what are the deeds that lead to Paradise?’ The Holy Prophet sa replied, ‘Speaking the truth. When a servant of Allah speaks the truth, he becomes an obedient servant, and when he becomes an obedient servant, he becomes a true believer, and a true believer finally enters Paradise. ’ The man asked again, ‘O Prophet of Allah, what is the action that leads to Hell?’ The Holy Prophet sa replied, ‘Falsehood. When someone tells a lie, he becomes disobedient, and disobedience is kufr [disbe- lief], and someone who is established on disbelief finally enters Hell. ’ ( Musnadu Ahmadabni H a n bal , vol. 2, p. 176, printed in Beirut)