SAYINGS OF OUR PROPHET (saas) ON AVOIDING LIES

"On the Resurrection Day, the worst men in Allah's sight will be the liars, the proud, and those who entertained hatred in the mind of their friends."17 "You will see on the Resurrection Day the worst man near Allah with two faces."18 "If you narrate to your brother a narration that he believes for you but that you do not believe for him, it will be a breach of trust."19 "A man is enrolled near Allah as a liar if he is accustomed to false speaking and false discussions."20 "I advise you to fear Allah, to speak the truth, to fulfill a trust, to fulfill a promise, to greet each other with "peace" [salam], and to be humble."21 "If any man takes an oath in the name of Allah and admits therein any falsehood, even though it be as minute as a fly's wing, he will find a spot remaining in his soul up to the Day of Resurrection."22 "O Allah, purify my heart from hypocrisy, my private parts from fornication, and my tongue from falsehood."23 "He who narrates a dream that he has not seen will be put to trouble."24 "The worst of lies is to pretend to have seen something that one has not seen."25 "Treat well my Companions and then those who will come after them. Thereafter falsehood will spread, so much so that a man will take oath and then say 'Ihave not taken oath,' and he will bear witness and then say 'I have not witnessed.' "26 "He who attributes to me a hadith, while knowing it to be false, is one of the liars."27 "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was asked, 'Can a believer be a liar?' He said: 'No.'"28 "A most serious form of betrayal of faith is that you tell a lie to a brother while he believes that you are truthful in what you say."29 "If anyone is pleased to love Allah and His Messenger, or rather to have Allah and His Messenger love him, he should speak the truth when he tells anything, fulfil his trust when he is put in a position of trust, and be a good neighbor."30 "He in whom there are three matters is a hypocrite: (1) when he speaks, he speaks falsehood, (2) when he promises, he breaks it, and (3) when he is entrusted with something, he does not fulfill the trust."31 "Speak the truth even though it might be bitter."32 "The honest trader will be with the Prophets, the Truthful, and the Martyrs."33 "Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the greatest falsehood."34 "Iwarn you against making a false statement and giving a false testimony."35 "Shall I not inform you of a great sin? Beware, it is to speak falsehood."36 "Both parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it so long as they have not separated. If they tell the truth and make everything clear to each other, they will be blessed in their transaction. But if they conceal anything and lie, the blessing on their transaction will be blotted out."37 Abdullah ibn Amr reported that the Messenger of Allah was asked: "Who among men is the best?" He replied: "Everyone who is pure of heart and truthful of tongue." They enquired: "Truthful of tongue"-we know it. But what is "pure of heart"? He said:He is pure and pious upon whom there is no sin, transgression, deceit, or malice.38 The Holy Prophet was asked about the means of attaining perfection. He replied:Truthfulness in talk and action with sincerity.39 "Give up what is doubtful to you for that which is not doubtful, for truth is peace of mind and falsehood is doubt."40

17. Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum-Id-Din, 3:139. 18. Ibid. 19. Ibid., 3:119. 20. Ibid. 21. Ibid., 3:122. 22. Ibid., 3:120. 23. Ibid., 3:121. 24. Al-Bukhari, cited in Riyad-us Saliheen compiled by Al-Imam Abu Zakariya Yahya bin Sharaf An-Nawawi Ad-Dimashqi (Riyadh: Darussalam Publishers & Distributors, 1998), 2:1159. 25. Al-Bukhari, Ibid., 2:1160. 26. Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum-Id-Din, 3:121. 27. Ibid., 3:121. 28. Ibid., 3:120. 29. Abu Dawud, cited in Ma'ariful Hadith by Maulana Muhammad Manzoor No'mani, (Karachi: Darul-Ishaat, 2002), 1:407. 30. Bayhaqi, Ibid., 3:398. 31. Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum-Id-Din, 3:118. 32. Bayhaqi, cited in Mishkat-ul Masabih by Maulana Fazlul Karim, (New Delhi: Islamic Book Service, 2001), 1:469. 33. Tirmidhi, Darami and Dara Qurni, cited in Ma'ariful Hadith by No'mani, 1:405. 34. Tirmidhi Hadiths. 35. Al-Bukhari and Muslim, cited in Riyad-us Saliheen compiled by Imam An-Nawawi, 2:1171. 36. Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum-Id-Din, 3:121. 37. Al-Bukhari and Muslim, cited in Riyad-us Saliheen compiled by Imam An-Nawawi, 1:77-78. 38. Ibn Maja, cited in Mishkat-ul Masabih by Karim, 1:466. 39. Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum-Id-Din, 4:386. 40. Tirmidhi Hadiths..