Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: A man came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and asked: "O Messenger of Allah! What is the deed of Paradise?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Speaking the truth, for when a servant speaks the truth, he does righteous deeds; when he does righteous deeds, he becomes a believer; and when he becomes a believer, he enters Paradise." The man asked: "O Messenger of Allah! What is the deed of Hell?" He said: "Lying, for when a man lies, he commits sin; when he commits sin, he commits disbelief; and when he commits disbelief, he enters it." (The narrator says:) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) meant that he will enter Hell.
Imam Ahmad recorded this narration; its chain contains a narrator, Ibn Lahi'ah.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب العلم / 609
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