Allaah The Almighty Says (what means): { "They only invent falsehood
who do not believe in the verses of Allaah, and it is those who are
the liars." { [Quran 16:105] Commenting on this verse, Ibn Katheer
said,
"Allaah The Almighty informs us that His Messenger is not a liar,
because lying is only the practice of the most evil people from
amongst the disbelievers and polytheists who do not believe in the
verses of Allaah TheAlmighty. It is such people who are known among
people to be liars, while Muhammad was the most truthful person
amongst his people and the kindest to others and the most wise. He was
so truthful that his people gave him the nickname of ('The Truthful'
and 'The Trustworthy'). This is why Hercules – the Roman king - asked
Abu Sufyaan about this very quality saying, 'Was he ever known to be a
liar before claiming prophethood?' to whichAbu Sufyaan replied in the
negative. Thereupon Hercules said, 'Then he would not give up lying to
people and start lying on God.'"
Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet, said: "The signs of a
hypocrite are three; he lies when talking, he breaks his promises and
he deceives when entrusted […] anyone who possesses all such qualities
is a pure hypocrite" [Al-Bukhaari, Muslim].
Imaam An-Nawawi commented on this narration saying,
"The sound opinion about the interpretation of this narration is that
these are the qualities of hypocrites, and the one who possesses them
resembles hypocrites […] his saying : "… anyone who possesses all such
qualities is a pure hypocrite…" means that the person very closely
resembles the hypocrites. Some scholars said that this applies to the
person whose character is as such most the time, but the one who
rarely does so is not included in the description. Imaam At-Tirmithi
reported that the narration refers to practical hypocrisy according to
the scholars."
The evil consequence of lying:
A liar is warned that he is liable to be punished in both this life
and the Hereafter with humiliating and destructive punishments such
as:
· Instilling hypocrisy in the heart: Allaah The Almighty Says (what
means): { So He penalized them with hypocrisy in their hearts until
the Day they will meet Him –because they failed Allaah in what they
promised Him and because they [habitually] used to lie. } [Quran 9:
77]
'Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood said,
"You can consider one as a hypocrite if you see the followingthree
qualities: lying when talking, breaking his promises and deceiving
those who entrust him." Then he recited the verse (which means): } And
among them are those who made a covenant with Allaah, [saying], "If He
should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and
we will surely be among the righteous." But when he gave them from His
bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused.
So He penalized them with hypocrisy in their hearts until the Day they
will meet Him –because they failed Allaah in what they promised Him
and because they [habitually] used to lie .} [Quran 9: 75-77] [Ibn
Shaybah]
· Leading to evil actions and to Hell:Ibn Mas`ood reported that the
Messenger of Allaah, , said: "Truthfulness leads to pietyand piety
leads to paradise. A man persists in speaking the truth till he is
recorded with Allaah as a truthful man. Lying leads to transgression
and transgression leads to the Hell-fire. A man continues to lie till
he is recorded with Allaah as agreat liar." [Al-Bukhaari and Muslim].
As-San'aani said,
"The narration indicates that truthfulness becomes a natural quality
of the one who is keen to speak only the truth, and lying becomes a
natural quality of the one who is keen to lying when speaking. This is
so, because it is a type of training one does to himself until it
becomes one of his characteristics. The narration indicates the
greatness of truthfulness so much so that it leads the person with
such a quality to Paradise. It also highlights how hideous lying is,
that it leads the person to Hell, besides the punishment awaitinghim
in this worldly life. People usually trust the words of the person
known to tell the truth and like to listen to him, contraryto the
person who is known to lie"
· Rejecting testimony: Ibn Al-Qayyim said, "Lying is one of the
strongest reasons to rejectthe testimony and narration of a person,
because the tool itself is corrupted (tongue). This is similar to the
testimony of a blind person regarding sighting the crescent of
Ramadhaan, and the deaf for something that he heard. A lying tongue is
an organ that has become defective and stopped functioning. In fact it
is even worse, because the worst thing a person can possess is a lying
tongue"
·
· Gloomy face in this life and the Hereafter: Allaah The Almighty Says
(what means): { And on the Day of Resurrection you will see those who
lied about Allaah [with] their faces blackened. Is there not in Hell a
residence for the arrogant? } [Quran 39: 60] Ibn Al-Qayyim said, "In
the Hereafter, Allaah The Almighty will make the gloominess on the
face as a sign of those who used to lie. Lying gives the face of the
liar a gloominess that is noticed by truthful people. On the other
hand, truthful people have brightand glowing faces that make all the
people who meet them love them, while the liar's gloominessmakes
people hate them."
· Tearing of the face in the Hereafter: Samurah ibn Jundub said,
"The Messenger of Allaah veryoften used to ask his Companions: "Has
any one of you seen a strange dream?" So dreams would be narrated to
him by those whom Allaah The Almighty willed to relate. One dayhe
said: "Last night I had a vision in which two men (angels) came to me
and woke me up andsaid to me, `Proceed!' I set out with them and we
came across a man lying down, and behold, another man was standing
over his head, holding a big rock. Behold, he was throwing the rock at
the man's head, smashingit. When he struck him, the stonerolled away
and he went after it to get it, and no sooner had he returned to this
man, his head was healed and restored to its former condition. The
thrower (of the rock) then did the same ashe had done before.
I said to my two companions, `Subhaanallaah (Glory be to Allaah)! Who
are these?' They said: `Proceed, proceed.' So we proceeded and came to
a man lying in a prone position and another man standing over his head
with an iron hook, and behold, he would put the hook inone side of the
man's mouth and tear off that side of his face to the back (of the
neck), and similarly tear his nose from front to back, and his eyes
from front to back. Then he turned to the other side of the man's face
and did just as he has done with the first side. He had hardly
completed that (second) side when the first returned to its normal
state."
Then when he informed the Companions about the explanation of what he
had seen,he said: "I said to them, `I have seen many wonders tonight.
What does all that mean which I have seen?' They replied, `We will
inform you: […] As for the man you came upon, whose sides of mouth,
nostrils and eyes were torn off from front to back, he is the symbol
of the man who goes out of his house in the morning and tells lies
that are spread all over the world …" [Al-Bukhaari].
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