Sayyidina Abdullah ibn Mas’ud (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger said, “Bind yourself to truth, for, truth leads to piety. And, piety leads to paradise. A man does not cease to speak truth and search for truth, but is recorded with Allah as truthful. And, refrain from falsehood, for, falsehood leads to indecency and indecency leads to the fire. And, a man does not cease to lie and look out for falsehood till he is recorded as a liar in Allah’s sight.”
[Bukhari 6094]