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 In
the Name of Allah, Most
Gracious, Most Merciful
There is no god
but Allah, the One, having no partner with Him, His is the
Sovereignty and all praise is due to Him and He is Potent over
everything. The Prophet Muhammad (saws) is His last Prophet
and Messenger, may the peace and blessings be upon him, and
upon his family and Sahaba and who ever followed their path
till the Day of Judgment. ameen
Alsalamu'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakhatuh my dear sisters
and brothers,
I pray that all
is well with you and your families ameen.
I would like to
share something with you all that I learned about the Liar.
This, in my humble opinion, would be an excellent subject to
also discuss with your children. Allahualim. I have posted
this in an all sisters community, and felt that the brothers
could benefit as well, so I am posting here.
First off, I am
not a scholar, do not pretend to be, and ask ALLAH to forgive
my errors, and anything I add or take away from His Haqq (
Truth), for Allah (swt) is Al-Haqq.
What I am
sharing would be my understanding, and my own opinion.
However, I will display ayah and hadeeth that related to this
very subject, InshaAllah. This post will be very long, as I
tried to post as many ayah from the Noble Quran and Hadeeth as
I could find.
What made me
even want to seek knowledge on this subject, was the fact one
of my children told a lie to me, and for this child it was not
the norm, he is one who respects his parents and siblings, and
other adults. He would usually tell us , no matter what,
anything, even it he felt he would get scolded. SubhanaAllah.
It nearly broke
my heart to hear him tell a fib, and then I realized that we
are all not perfect, and he is only a child. Children tend to
make up things, but I still wanted to "nip this in the bud" and
teach him the harms of lying, as well to my other children.
I found that
when a person lies, it affects the heart, and if the heart is
affected with this evil deed, then the body as a whole is
affected.
If a person
continues to lie, he will have no friends, no one will trust
him, people will flee from him. If a person tells a lie during
fasting, then his fasting is not accepted. To tell a lie ,
while telling jokes is not good for the Muslim. Lying will
bring a torment in the grave that is unimaginable! Lying
destroys a person, and those who lie, are regarded as one who
does NOT believe in the ayat of Allah. authubillah!
I also found
that Allah (swt) is angry with the Liar. SubhanaAllah! And
that Lying leads to the Hellfire. SubhanaALLAH! May ALLAH
protect us from this ameen. La Hawla wala qwatta illah billah (
There is no strength or power greater than Allah). Allahualim
(Allah knows best).
Below are
some Ayah and Hadeeth I found on lying:
The
Noble Quran
Suran Al
Imran(3) Ayah 94: If any, after this, invent a lie and
attribute it to Allah, they are indeed unjust wrong-doers.
Surah an
Nisa(4) ayah 50: Behold! how they invent a lie against
Allah. but that by itself is a manifest sin!
Suran Al
Anaam(6) ayah 21: Who doth more wrong than he who inventeth a
lie against Allah or rejecteth His Sings? But verily the
wrong-doers never shall prosper.
Surah Al
Anaam(6) ayah 24: Behold! how they lie against
themselves! But the (lie) which they invented will leave
them in the lurch.
Surah Hud(11)
ayah 18: Who doth more wrong than those who forge a lie
against Allah. They will be brought before their Lord, and the
witnesses will say, "These are the ones who lied against their
Lord! Behold! the Curse of Allah is on those who do wrong!-
Surah An Nahl
(16) ayah 105: It is those who believe not in the Signs of
Allah, that forge falsehood: it is they who lie!
Suran TaHa (20)
ayah 61: Moses said to them: "Woe to you! Forge not ye a lie
against Allah, lest He destroy you (at once) utterly by
chastisement: the forger must suffer failure!"
Saheeh
Bukhari
Narrated
'Abdullah:
The Prophet
said, "Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness
leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until
he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e.
wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the
(Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is
written before Allah, a liar."
Volume 8, Book
73, Number 117:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's
Apostle said, "The signs of a hypocrite are three: Whenever he
speaks, he tells a lie; and whenever he promises, he breaks his
promise; and whenever he is entrusted, he betrays (proves to be
dishonest)".
Volume 3, Book
31, Number 127:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet
said, "Whoever does not give up forged speech and evil actions,
Allah is not in need of his leaving his food and drink (i.e.
Allah will not accept his fasting.)"
Volume 8, Book
73, Number 118:
Narrated
Samura bin Jundub:
The Prophet
said, "I saw (in a dream), two men came to me." Then the
Prophet narrated the story (saying), "They said, 'The person,
the one whose cheek you saw being torn away (from the mouth to
the ear) was a liar and used to tell lies and the people would
report those lies on his authority till they spread all over
the world. So he will be punished like that till the Day of
Resurrection."'
Saheeh
Muslim
Book 032, Number
6306:
'Abdullah b.
Mas'ud reported that Muhammad (may peace be upon him) said:
Should I inform you that slandering, that is in fact a
tale-carrying which creates dissension amongst people, (and) he
(further) said: The person tells the truth until he is recorded
as truthful, and lie tells a lie until lie is recorded as a
liar.
Book 032, Number
6307:
'Abdullah
reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying:
Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise
and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as
truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to
Hell, and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a
liar.
Saheeh
Sunna Abu Dawud
Book 41, Number
4972:
Narrated
Mu'awiyah ibn Jaydah al-Qushayri:
The Apostle
of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: Woe to him who tells things,
speaking falsely, to make people laugh thereby. Woe to him! Woe
to him!.
I pray that
Allah (swt) will protect us from this very evil deed, lying. And
that what comes from our tongues would be truth ameen.
I pray that
ALLAH (swt) will forgive our sins (those known and those
unknown), protect us from evil, provide us with Taqwa, allow our
graves to be wide with light, to protect us from adDajjal, to
protect us from that which does not benefit, to help us, and
allow us to live, worship and die as believers, as well as our
families and all in Islam ameen.
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