Undoubtedly, two attributes of truthfulness and honesty( truth and trust )are the most manifest signs of personality.

Rather, we can not call a human the one who lacks these two, and both of them originate from a common source, because truthfulness is nothing else than trust in speech, as trust is nothing else than truth in action, and as we will see their social results are similar.

Haply for this respect," truth in speech" and" trusteeship" arementioned together in the sayings of Islamic great leaders, andeven in ordinary speech, truthfulness and honesty areaccompanied

Value and importance of truthfulness

As it was referred, truthfulness and honesty are the manifestsigns of man's personality as well as magnificence of his mind and purity of his soul.

Truthful people are usually brave, frank, sincere, disinterested, and free from wrong prejudices and excessive loveand hatred, because truthfulness is not possible without them.

In contrast, liars are usually coward, hypocrite, greedy, fanatic, stubborn, and or involved in wrong love and hatred.

Truthful people are certainly principled. Less happens suchpeople to be guileful, erratic, and hypocrite, because honesty isnot in concord with any of these affairs. As it will be described inincentives of lying, this attribute originates from one of theabove vices, and on this account, we can consider truthfulness asa key for detecting interior of individuals in different aspects, and so truth in speech is called as a means of evaluation ofpeople in the narrations and traditions of Prophet's House A. S.:

Imam Sadegh A. S.: