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How Some Islamic Scholars View Lying
your children will learn lying from you and become liars them-
selves. Later on, too, nobody will trust you, and there is no way
of imagining a situation as dangerous as not being trusted by
others. A person's word is his essence. What his essence is, so
are his words. The words of a person whose essence is corrupt
are full of lies. The words of a person whose essence is really
pure are as valuable as gold. He knows that honesty suits a
person. The One Who helps the honest person is Allah. Never
doubt this. The Qur'an always directs us towards what is right.
'Guide us on the Straight Path.' (Surat al-Fatiha, 1:5)
Never forget! All salvation, prosperity, success, and bene-
fit is in honesty. Paradise is the place of the honest. The good
pleasure of Allah is in honesty.
A lie slithers like a snake. It cannot go straight. Because of
this, it is feared by all and loved by nobody.
Amongst the people of the world today there are atheists
and people of other religions. None of these like lies. Even
though they are atheists or do not believe in the Hereafter, re-
member that there are also unbelievers who do not tell lies." 46
"The companions of Paradise tell the truth at all times; the
companions of Hell lie. May Allah protect us from lies and
lying. A lie makes a small black mark, a trace in the heart; later
on, this invades the whole heart and turns it completely black.
After that, no good can come from that person. He will not be a
man of good, but may be a man of wickedness. Of course,
those whose beliefs are good are in Heaven, while, in contrast,
those whose beliefs are wicked are in Hell." 47

`Abd al Qadir Jilani: "What has Satan not done to you? ...
He made you love lies. He wreathed you evil deeds." 48
"Shame on you. You speak to the people of honesty, but

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