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WHAT THE QUR'AN SAYS ABOUT LIARS AND THEIR METHODS
"Treat well my Companions and then those who will come
after them. Thereafter falsehood will spread, so much so that a
man will take oath and then say 'I have not taken oath,' and he
will bear witness and then say 'I have not witnessed.' " 26
"He who attributes to me a hadith, while knowing it to be
false, is one of the liars." 27
"The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, was asked, 'Can a believer be a liar?' He said: ‘No.'" 28
"A most serious form of betrayal of faith is that you tell a lie to
a brother while he believes that you are truthful in what you
say." 29
"If anyone is pleased to love Allah and His Messenger, or
rather to have Allah and His Messenger love him, he should
speak the truth when he tells anything, fulfil his trust when he
is put in a position of trust, and be a good neighbor." 30
"He in whom there are three matters is a hypocrite: (1) when
he speaks, he speaks falsehood, (2) when he promises, he breaks
it, and (3) when he is entrusted with something, he does not
fulfill the trust." 31
"Speak the truth even though it might be bitter." 32
"The honest trader will be with the Prophets, the Truthful, and
the Martyrs." 33
"Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the greatest false-
hood." 34
"I warn you against making a false statement and giving a
false testimony." 35
"Shall I not inform you of a great sin? Beware, it is to speak
falsehood." 36
"Both parties in a business transaction have a right to annul it
so long as they have not separated. If they tell the truth and
make everything clear to each other, they will be blessed in

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