❞ كتاب Lying and Envying ❝ ⏤ عبد الملك القاسم

 All praise is to Allah, the Rubb of the worlds. Peace and
blessings be upon the most honored among the Prophets and
Messengers.
AllMl has made the Muslim Ummah a nation of purity in faith,
actions and sayings. Truthfulness is the sign for the happiness of
the nation and its pure conscience. The key to happiness is
truthfulness and belief, while misery is associated with lying and
disbelief.
Allah has told us that on the Day of Resurrection nothing
would help us except our truthfulness. He will make Kadhib (liar)
in speech and· actions the flag by which the hypocrites will be
distinguished. Everything that the Lord blames them with has
originated within the lying of their speech and actions.
So the truth or truthfulness is the mail of Faith, its guide, mount,
drive, leader, adornment and garment. It is the heart and the soul
of Faith.
On the other hand, lying is the mail of disbelief and hypocrisy.
It is their guide, mount, drive, leader, adornment, garment and
heart. The relationship of Kadhib to Faith is like Shirk to Tauhid.
Kadhib and Faith can never be together in the same place. If they
meet, one of them will push the other out and take its place.
AllMl has not blessed any person with a blessing ~er Islam
greater than truthfulness. It is actually the life and the survival of
Islam. And AllMl has never tried a person with something worse
than Kadhib. Kadhib is indeed the disease that may spoil the
Faith.
My Muslim brother, beware of Kadhib. It spoils the
information that you receive and then spoils your

presentation to it. The liar makes the false seem true and the
true seem false, the fictitious seem real and the real seem
fictitious, and the evil seem good and the good seem evil. He
confuses himself as well. That is, in reality, a form of
punishment for him. He also confuses the person he lies to.
The liar has evil intentions inclined to falsehood. He doesn't
benefit from his tongue. His actions are also influenced by his lying
and consequently he does not benefit from them either.
Allah has made pure love among Muslims stronger through the
bonds of our love in Allah. He promises to combine those under the
Shade of His Throne, who love one another in Allah's Cause. Islam
confirmed these meanings by mandating the preservation and
protection of the property, honor and blood of other Muslims.
No Muslim may be harmed or touched with evil. However, some
persons insist on swimming in dirty waters and quench their thirst
for revenge by malice and envy from others whom Allah has
given from His bounty. Such attitude will produce evil fruits,
among which 'is Ghfbah (backbiting), Namimah (calumny) and
mockery, etc. No society is free of such low people.

Kadhib is one of the evil sins and shameful deeds. Allah
said:

"And follow not that of which you have no
knowledge." (17:36)
And He also said:

"Not a word does he utter but there is a watcher by him
ready (to record it)." (50:18)
Ibn Mas'ud • narrated that the Prophet ifi said:
"Truthfulness leads to righteousness and righte- ousness
leads to Paradise. A man keeps on telling the truth until
he is written with Allah as Siddiq (a truthful person).
Kadhib leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to
Hell-fire. A man keeps on telling lies until he is written
with Allah as a liar." (AI-Bukhari and Muslim)
The scholars have said: "Truthfulness leads to performing
pure righteous deeds. Kadhib leads to evildoing, which is a
deviation from the Straight Path."
Others have said:
"It leads to indulging in sins."
'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin AI-' As ~ ~~ c.r" J narrated that the
Prophet ifi said:
"Whoever has the following four characteristics, will be
a pure hypocrite; and whoever has one of these four

characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy
unless and until he gives it up: whenever he is entrusted
he betrays, whenever he speaks he tells a lie, whenever
he makes a covenant he proves treacherous, and
whenever he quarrels he behaves in a very imprudent,
evil and insulting manner." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
In rebuking speech with everything that one may hear, the
Prophet ~ is reported to have said:
"It is sufficient to make a person indulge in Kadhib when
he tells all that he has heard." (Muslim and Abu Dawud)
The Prophet ~ is also reported to have said:
"A slave keeps lying and strives to lie until he is written
with Allah as a liar." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
So be warned, my Muslim brother, from the consequences of
Kadhib, for Kadhib is the basis of evildoing and wickedness, as
the Prophet ~ said:
"Kadhib leads to wickedness and wickedness leads to
Hell-fire." (Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Circumstances when Kadhih is Permissible
Kadhib is Haram because of the harm that it causes to the
person lied to and others. However, Kadhib is permissible
in certain circumstances and even mandatory in others. The
limit here is when any commendable and lawful purpose can
be achieved by not telling a lie, then Kadhib is Haram.
However, if it cannot be achieved except by Kadhib, then
Kadhib becomes permissible. Further, if telling a lie may be
the means of achieving a lawful objective then it
becomes permissible.
If it was mandatory, then Kadhib becomes mandatory. An

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example would be that if a Muslim hides himself out of fear
from an oppressor whose intent is to kill him, or if he hides
his money from an oppressor, then if someone asks about this
person, Kadhib becomes mandatory to protect the oppressed
person and/or his property. The prudent thing to do in any of
these cases, however, is to employ Tauriyah (to tell part of
the truth). In brief, scholars have stated that the rulings on
Kadhib can be from among any of the five Shari 'ah rulings,
nonetheless, it is fundamentally Haram:
First Ruling: Haram or Prohibited: When there is no
Shari 'ah benefit from using it.
Second Ruling: Malruh or Disliked, when it is used, for
example, to console parents or a spouse.
Third Ruling: Mandub or Recommended, when it is
employed to terrify the enemies of Islam in Jihad, such
as exaggerating about the number of Muslims and their
weaponry.
Fourth Ruling: Wajib or Mandatory, when it is
employed to protect a Muslim or his property from
destruction.
Fifth Ruling: Mubah or Permissible, when it is
employed to reconciliate between people.
Scholars, however, have said that Kadhib in general is an
abomination based on the criticism and condemnation of liars
in the Book of Allah.
Ta'reed
It was related about the Salaf that we have allowances in
Ta 'reed. Ta 'reed is to tell the truth but in such a way that
may lead the listener to understand differently. This
means that if a person has to lie then he can employ it. But

when there is no need or necessity, then using Ta 'reed and
Kadhib are not permissible but Ta 'reed is a lessor wrong.
An example of Ta 'reed is as follows:
• It was narrated that Mutarrif went to Ziyad and when the
latter questioned him about being late, Mutarrif mentioned
being ill as an excuse. He said: "I have not raised my body
from bed since I left you except for when Allah raised me."
• Mu'adh bin Jabal*' worked for 'Umar bin Al-Khattab .:$..
When he returned to his wife, she asked: "Why didn't
you bring us like other workers are bringing to their
families?" He said, "I had a watcher (one watching over
me)." She said, "You were an honest person trusted by
Allah's Messenger ~ and by Abu Bakr *'afterwards, and
now 'Umar *'sends a watcher with you." She then talked
to her female friends and complained about 'Umar ~­
When the news reached 'Umar *''he called Mu'adh
and said, "Have I sent a watcher with you?" He said, "I
didn't find any excuse to give to my wife except that."
'Umar ~ laughed, gave him something and said, "Please
her with this." Mu'adh meant that Allah was the Watcher.
• An-Nakh'1 used to say to his daughter, "What do you think
if I were to buy sugar for you?" but would not say, "I will
buy sugar for you." This was because he might not do so
for any reason.

Truthfulness and kindness are the signs of happiness of the nation and the individual. The key to happiness is sincerity and compassion, while misery is associated with lying and envying. Allah has not blessed any person with a blessing after Islam greater than truthfulness and kindness. Allah has never tried a person with something worse than lying and envying, All forms of lying and envying have been discussed in this publication and the teachings of Islam have been elaborated regarding all these forms and how to cope with them in daytoday life activities.