5. Telling the truth is a very good habit. Here is a story of a man who did lots of bad things, but his promise to tell the truth (1)
him.
Once the man came to the prophet Muhammad and said, "Oh, prophet of Allah, I have many bad habits. (2)
should I give up first?" The prophet said, "Give up telling (3)
and always speak the truth." The man promised to do so and went home. At night the man planned to go out to steal. Before (4)
home, he said to himself, "If tomorrow the prophet asks me where I have been, shall I say (5)
I went out to steal? No, I can't say that, and neither can I tell a lie. If I speak the truth, everyone will call me (6)
." So the man decided not to steal that night. The next day, when he was about to drink (7)
, he thought, "What shall I say to the prophet if he asks me what I did during the day? I cannot tell a lie. If I tell the truth, people will (8)
me because a Muslim is not allowed to drink wine." So he gave up the idea of drinking wine.
In that way, whenever the man (9)
doing something bad, he always remembered his promise to tell the truth. He gradually gave up (10)
of his bad habits and became a very good person.
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