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THE SILENT LANGUAGE OF EVIL

speaking and false discussions." (Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum-Id-
Din, 3:119)
"I advise you to fear Allah, to speak the truth, to fulfill a trust, to ful-

fill a promise, to greet each other with "peace" [salam], and to be hum-
ble." (Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum-Id-Din, 3:122)
"The Messenger of Allah (saas) was asked, 'Can a believer be a liar?'
He (saas) said: 'No.'" (Imam al-Ghazzali, Ihya Ulum-Id-Din, 3:120)

"Speak the truth even though it might be bitter." (Bayhaqi, cited in
Mishkat-ul Masabih by Maulana Fazlul Karim, (New Delhi: Islamic
Book Service, 2001), 1:469)

They try to shift onto others responsibility for
their evil acts
In the Qur'an, Allah warns people against nursing a desire in
their hearts to claim purity for themselves. "... He has most knowl-
edge of you when He first produced you from the earth, and when
you were embryos in your mothers' wombs. So do not claim pu-
rity for yourselves. He knows best those who guard against evil."
(Surat an-Najm: 32) But some who do not organize their behavior as
the moral teachings of the Qur'an require cover up the evil in their
hearts instead of ridding themselves of it. To cover up the evil and
acquit themselves, sometimes they place responsibility for their in-
sincere actions on others. But this does not mean that they just
crassly blame someone else for something they did wrong. For ex-
ample, when someone is asked "Did you take this thing?" and he
lies, saying he did not but someone else did, then his lie will become
obvious when that other person is asked if he contributed. Those
who know that Allah forbids lying, would never knowingly and in
conscience tell a lie.

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