Once upon a time, in ancient times, there was a man who committed many sins and crimes. He would drink wine, play music, and worship idols, and he would do other things many times, but God would forgive him and his family. On a day of the days, this man repented to God to leave all sins and work righteously to please God Almighty and to give him a paradise in which there is no eyes have seen, nor ears have heard, nor has there fallen on a human heart the thought of it.
This man began to attempt to leave the sins, but he would return to them every time he returned to the sins, and every time he returned to the sins, he would feel severe anxiety. Then he decided that he would go to scholars until they would tell him how to escape from these sins. So the man went to the world of the little ones and said to him: Oh scholar of the little ones. I have committed many sins and I want to repent, but I cannot. Then why do you persist, so he said to him: If you want to repent a strong repentance, and don’t return again to the sins, I will tell you about the way. But with one condition, he said to him: What is the condition? He said to him: It is to be honest and never lie, and I will advise him with an egg from the righteous palm, and the man went away after he had looked at the egg that he advised him on. So after a while, the man decided to steal his horse, and after he insisted on that, he remembered that the egg is fresh, and he remembered he had advised on not to lie, and he would say to him: Will you steal it or not? So what will he say to him? So he left the horse and didn’t steal it.
And after a while, the man wanted to steal his horse, and after he insisted on that, he remembered that God forbade wine, and he remembered he had advised on not to lie, and he would say to him: Will you drink the wine or not? So what will he say to him? So he left the wine, and thus every time he thought of doing any sin, he remembered that God forbade that, and he remembered he had advised on not to lie, and he would say to him about it. So that was sufficient for him to leave all the sins, so he was a repentant in the strong Islamic repentance that is obligatory for every Muslim to fulfill with it.
Translated from: Do Not Lie