Hadith #48
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو إِسْحَاق
َ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ إِنَّ مُحَمَّدًا صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَكْذِبُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا وَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صِدِّيقًا
Isnad Chain
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) — via Yahya, from Shu'ba, from Abi Ishaq, from Abi al-Ahwas — that 'Abdullah said: 'Indeed Muhammad (ﷺ) narrated to us that a man keeps lying until he is recorded by Allah as a habitual liar, and a man keeps telling the truth until he is recorded by Allah as profoundly truthful [siddiq].'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 12, Hadith 48
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3886
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40276