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LYING
Lying is one of the Greater Sins.
There are many verses in the Holy Qur’an
denouncing lying. Some of them are reproduced
below:
1.
“Consider how they create lies about
Allah? This alone is a grave sin.” (4:50)
2.
“Those who do not believe in the miracles
of Allah invent lies and they are
liars.”(16:105)
3.
“Allah does not guide the liars and the
unbelievers.” (39:3)
4.
“If any one disputes (your prophesy)
after knowledge has come to you, say, “Let each
of us bring our children, women, nafs and
ourselves to one place and pray to Allah to
condemn the liars among us.” (3:61)
5.
“….Allah is my witness that he is a liar”
(24:8)
6.
“Stay away from wickedness, idols and
false words.” (22:30)
7.
“Believers, have fear of Allah and always
be friends with the truthful ones” (9:119)
8.
“And there are some people who say: We
believe in Allah and the last day; and they are
not at all believers.” (2:8)
9.
“And when they meet those who believe,
they say: We believe; and when they are alone
with their Shaitaans, they say: Surely we are
with you, we were only mocking.” (2:14)
10.(False accuser of adultery)
“Never accept their testimony thereafter, they
are sinful.” (24:4)
Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s) said, “Beware, I
am informing you about the greatest mortal sins;
associating anything with Allah, disobeying
parents and lying”, “Beware of falsehood!
Because falsehood blackens the face.”, “Avoid
speaking falsehood, because it is a kind of evil
and transgression. And both of them belong to
Hell.”, “The three signs of hypocrite are:
Lying, betraying trust and going back on his
words.” “The advice of a liar has no value.”
“The worst of the profit is from the trade
called ‘lying’.” “When a believer speaks a lie,
he is prone to committing every other sin, and
when this happens, he commits kufr which then
makes him enter Hell.” “Falsehood is inversely
proportional to belief.” “The greatest of the
sins is talkativeness and falsehood.” The Holy
Prophet (s.a.w.s.) was describing his visit of
Mairaaj to Bibi Fatima
Zahra (s.a.) saying, “On the night of Mairaaj, I
saw a woman whose head resembled a pig and her
body was like that of a donkey. It was because
she spread discord and told lies.” “One who
attributes something to me, which I have not
said, shall sit in the Fire.” When Abu Zar (r.a.)
inquired from the Holy Prophet about repentance
by a person who intentionally spoken a lie, he (s.a.w.s.)
replied, “The sin shall be erased by Istighfar
(seeking forgiveness) and by the five- times
prayers.”
Asma Binte Umais asked the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.),
“O Messenger of Allah, if we desire something
but verbally refuse it, is it a lie?” He (s.a.w.s.)
replied, “Yes! Certainly every kind of falsehood
is recorded (in the scroll of deeds) even the
smallest of the small lies is written.” “One
only tells lies because of his feeling of being
lowly”
Commander of the Faithful, Imam Ali (a.s.)
said, “Every believer is deprived from the taste
of faith till he gives up lying seriously and
also in jest.” “The disease of lying is the most
dreadful of the (psychological) diseases.”
“Every Muslim is supposed to avoid friendship
and brotherhood with a compulsive liar. Because
one who befriends a liar is considered a liar.
Even if he speaks truth, he is not trusted.” “If
a person merely claims that he hopes for the
Divine rewards and fears Divine punishment, but
does not perform good deeds nor refrains from
sins, he is a liar.” “No man shall taste faith
unless he abandons lying, be it serious or as a
joke.” “If entities were materialized, surely
truthfulness will stand with courage and
cowardice would stand with lying.” “The truth
teller achieves three things: (others) trust,
love and respect.” “Lying is the most abominable
trait”
Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) said, “All the
evils have been locked in a room and its key is
lying”
Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) said, “Certainly
Allah has created the lock for every evil and
the key to all these locks is drinking wine. But
lying is worse than drinking.”
“Lying destroys faith”
Imam Jaffer al-Sadiq (a.s.) said, “One of
the Divine punishments for too much lying is
that Allah makes the liar afflicted with
forgetfulness.” “To attribute falsehood to Allah
and His Prophet is the greatest sin.”
One day Imam Jaffer al-Sadiq (a.s.) was seated
with his son Ismail when one of his followers
arrived, saluted him and sat down. When the Imam
stood up and walked towards ladies portion, the
man also followed up to the door. Imam bid
farewell to him from there. Later, Ismail asked
his father,“Why didn’t you invite him inside
just for politeness sake?” The Imam (a.s.)
replied,“It was not proper to invite him inside.
I did not wish him to come inside. Neither did I
wish that Allah should include me among those
who say one thing and wish another.” “When ever
you say ‘Allahu Akbar’ (Allah is the greatest)
you must consider every thing between the earth
and the sky to be lesser than Allah. Because
when Allah sees that a person says Allahu Akbar
only superficially, He says, “O Liar! You try to
be smart with Me? By My Might and Honor I shall
deprive you of My remembrance.” “Prophet Isa
said that who lies repeatedly will not be
respected.”
Show of Submission: A person who says to
Allah ‘Thee only do we worship and Thee only we
ask for help’, but his actions are such that day
and night he is involved in the acquisition of
wealth and is preoccupied in the satisfaction of
his carnal desires. Can we consider this man to
be truthful? Does this man really worship Allah?
A man prays, “O Allah, when I look at my sins, I
weep and when I see your Mercy and forgiveness,
I become hopeful and happy in anticipation that
you will forgive me,” but when faced with
temptations, he makes no serious effort to
refrain himself and commits sinful acts without
any misgiving.” The falsehood of such a person
is clear.
We recite Ziarat for our Imams and say, “O Imam,
I accept your sayings and act upon your commands
and obey you.” In fact we obey our own desires.
To fix this problem, we should make sincere
efforts to improve ourselves.
Exceptions: Whenever there is a danger to
life, honor and property, and if the danger can
be avoided by lying, one is allowed to lie.
Similarly, in order to make reconciliation
between husband and wife one can tell a lie,
because the intention is good without any ill
will. The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.), at the time
of recording his will and testament, told Imam
Ali (a.s.), “O Ali, Allah even likes a falsehood
for the sake of peace and dislikes truth that
spreads corruption.”
How to get rid of the habit of lying:
- Repent and ask forgiveness
from Allah.
- Ponder over the causes
that led to this habit, try to remove the cause.
- Compare the advantages of
truthfulness and harms of lying at individual
and social levels.
- Try to do good deeds, read
religious books, be dutiful to parents, help
needy.
- Remember the tradition, “A
believer does not feel the pleasure of faith in
his heart until he gives up lying.”
- Think of the embarrassment
when people will discover your lies.
- Know well that a liar has
no dignity.
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