Truthfulness and Trust

8. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salim from Ahmad ibn al- Nadr al-Khazzaz from his grandfather al-Rabi’ ibn Sa’d who has said the following: “Once abu Ja’far عليه السلام said to me, ‘O Rab’i, a man must keep speaking the truth until Allah writes him down as a truthful one.’”