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More times than enough, many promises are made that are never kept, and how devastating that can be. In Islam, a Muslim is bound by his words. What you say and what you do should be in harmony with each other. In actual fact, if one does not do what he says he will, he must be a liar or someone who handles the truth carelessly. Let's breakdown the meaning of 'liar" ... the Oxford dictionary defines a liar as "a person who tells lies". Okay, what is the definition of " lies" - " a false statement deliberately presented as being true; a falsehood. 2. Something meant to deceive or give a wrong impression."

However, it's put, we can quickly gather that a liar or lies are not good. Yet we all can relate in our daily lives how we so often come upon lies and liars, and how distressing they both are.

Allah, the Creators says in the Quran "It is only those who believe not in the Ayah (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allah, who fabricate falsehood, and it is they who are liars." (al-Nahl 16:105)

We can say, without doubt that, lying is one of the most evil characteristics of which all religions and systems of ethics warn against and which man's innate commonsense (Fitrah) agrees that it is wrong. Persons who possess normal moral decency and sound reason would be obliged never to lie. Truthfulness is one of the pillars on which the moral survival of the world depends. We all know what happens when things are based on lies and deceit - they cannot survive. Truth is the foundation of praiseworthy characteristics, the foundation of prophethood, the result of taqwah (fear). Were it not for truthfulness, the rulings of all divinely revealed laws would collapse. Acquiring the characteristic of lying is indeed an ugly and dangerous trait.

Ibn Kathir said: 

"Then Allah tells us that His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) is not a fabricator or a liar, because only the most evil of people who do not believe in the signs of Allah, the kafirs and heretics who are known amongst the people for telling lies, tell lies about Allah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The Messenger Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) was the most truthful of people, the most righteous, the most perfect in knowledge, action, faith and certain belief. He was known amongst his people for his truthfulness; none of them doubted that, to such an extent that he was known amongst them as 'al-Ameen (the trustworthy) Muhammad.'

It was also recorded by Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet (pbuh) said: "The signs of the hypocrite are three: when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise, he breaks it; and when he is entrusted with something, he betrays that trust." (Narrated by al-Bukhari, 33; Muslim, 59) Further, there is a hadith that indicates that whoever continues to speak the truth, it will become a feature of his, and whoever deliberately tells lies and persists in it, it will become a feature of his. 

This is the same as any other good or evil characteristic, if a person persists in it; it becomes a feature of his. This hadeeth indicates how serious the matter of telling the truth is, and that it may lead a person to Paradise, and it indicates how ugly lying is and how it may lead a person to Hell.

This is in addition to the consequences in this world, for the one who tells the truth will have his words accepted by people, and his testimony will be accepted by judges and he will be liked for what he says, whereas for the liar the opposite will be the case.

So people let's refrain from lying as it is an ugly deceiving characteristic that only brings disaster and always remember as Allah says in the Quran in surah al-Tawbah 9:119 "O you who believe! Fear Allah, and be with those who are true (in words and deeds)."[[In-content Ad]]

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