“Stick to the truth even if the truth kills you” ~ Umar Al Farooq
(Radi-Allahu anhu)
Of course, it takes courage to tell the truth in every
circumstance, but I believe that real courage is being completely honest with
yourself. To own up to your mistakes, to accept your weaknesses, to turn a
spotlight on the stories you tell yourself to feel ok. These things are so very hard, but something that
is essential for me to have any self-respect or to be able to trust myself.
There may be times when I don’t have the courage to speak up or
bite my tongue instead of telling the blunt truth, but I have always been
adamant that I will tell the truth to myself.
No matter how unsavoury, painful or the consequences.
The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: "When a
person tells a lie, the bad smell that comes out of the lie keeps the angels
one mile away." (Tirmidhi)
“O ye who believe! stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to
Allah, even as against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, and whether it
be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the
lusts (of your hearts), lest ye swerve, and if ye distort (justice) or decline
to do justice, verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.” ~ Quran 4:135
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