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WHAT THE QUR'AN SAYS ABOUT LIARS AND THEIR METHODS
Liars also manufacture false evidence to support their lies.
Thus, the believers need to examine carefully all of the evi-
dence presented to them by people of questionable faith so that
they can avoid making decisions on the basis of first appear-
ances. Indeed, Ya`qub (as) knew his sons very well because of
the wisdom, insight, and intuition arising from his faith, and
so he was not deceived by their false evidence. He realized that
they had done something wicked, despite their weeping and
their self-justifications.

The Qur'an mentions slanderers
One characteristic of liars is engaging in slander. In the
Qur'an, Allah defines slanderers in the following terms:
Anyone who commits an error or an evil action, and
then ascribes it to someone innocent, bears the
weight of slander and clear wrongdoing. (Surat an-
Nisa’, 4:112)
Our Prophet (saas) also had words about people who
slander others:
"If a man uses a word in order to disgrace an innocent man
[Muslim] in this world, Allah will burn him in Hell-fire on
the Day of Resurrection." 14
The Qur'an gives a number of examples concerning slan-
derers, as follows:

The woman who slandered Yusuf (as)
Yusuf (as) was a believer who was fully devoted to Allah
from an early age, and respected the boundaries set by Him.
He was separated from his parents while still young, due to his
brothers' plot, and so grew up in the household of an Egyptian
governor.

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