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How Some Islamic Scholars View Lying
everything; it is lying. Faith is truth and honesty. Because of
this secret, there is a boundless difference between deceit and
honesty. They are as far apart as east and west. It is necessary
to avoid confusing the fire and the light.
Honesty and deceit are as far apart from one another as
faith and unbelief. In his time, Muhammad (saas) stated that
the level of humanity could be achieved only by impartial hon-
esty, and that with the key of honesty, the secret of opening the
truths of faith and the treasury of the signs of Allah in the uni-
verse, humanity will obtain truth, the most sought-after item
in the marketplace and the most valuable merchandise." 43
"The absolute majority of the Companions of the Prophet
were lovers of the truth, truthfulness, and justice. For in that
age, the ugliness of lies and falsehood was shown in all its ug-
liness and the beauty of light and truthfulness was shown in all
its beauty in such a way that the distance between them
stretched from the ground to the Divine Throne. There was a
clear separation between them, from the depths of Musaylima
the Liar at the lowest of the low to the degree of truthfulness of
Prophet Muhammad (Peace and blessings be upon him) at the
highest of the high...
Thus, the Companions, who held elevated sentiments and
worshipped good morals and were illuminated with the light
of the conversation of the Sun of Prophethood, did not stretch
out their hands to the buffoonery and filth of the lying in
Musaylima's shop, which was so ugly and the cause of de-
scent, and they shrank from unbelief. So too they shrank from
lying, the companion of unbelief..." 44

Falsehoods are Blasphemies
One grain of truth wipes out a million lies. One grain of

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