Lying Is Greatest Sin, Haram And The Liar Afflicted With forgetful, Awful Smell , And Blackened Face

A lie is a statement that is known or intended by its source to be missleading, inaccurate, or false.Lying is the practice of communicating lies.A liar is a person who communicate a lie.The term carries a negative connotation, and depending on the context a person who communicates a lie may be subject to religion, social, legal or criminal sanction.In certain situations, lying is permitted, expected, or even encouraged.Because believing and acting on false information can have serious consequences.

There are Qur'anic verses to denounce lying :

• Surah An-Nahl ayah 105
• Surah Az-Zumar ayah 3
• Surah Al-Imran ayah 61
• Surah An-Nur ayah 8

Lying is one of the greatest sins.A tradition the Holy Prophet declares, "Beware I inform you regarding the greatest of the mortal sins : Associating anything with Allah, disobeying parents and lying."

The famous scholar, Shaykh Ansari writes in his book "Makasib Al-Muharrama" : "Common sense suggests lying is haram, All the revealed religions also say so; particularly Islam."

The Qur'an is explisit in this regard.The corpus of hadiths (opinion of the majority of jurists) verify this tennet and reason also sustain this assertion.

Undoubtedly lying is the worst of sin.It is obvious that the evils of lying are more dreadful that those of adultery.

Another tradition quoted from Prophet said, " When believer utters a lie without a valid excuse, he is cursed by seventy thousands Angels."

Such a stench emanates from his heart that it reaches the sky and because of this single lie, Allah writes for him a sin equivalent to that of committing seventy fornications.Such fornication that the least of which is fornication  with one mother.

Allah makes a liar afflicted with forgetfulness.He does not get an increase of  his sustenance.A liar has a bad or awful smell from his mouth.Angels move away from the liars.Lying is the ring of satan's finger.

There are some Qur'anic verses and traditions about Lying

• Lying is transgression (Sural Al-baqarah ayah 197 and surah Al-Hujurat ayah 6).
• Lying is an evil and a sin.
• Lying means false word.
• The liar is not believer.

Al-Qur'an, Surah An-Nahl ayah 105 : "Only they forge the lie, who do not believe the signs of Allah."

• The liar is accursed.

Al-Qur'an, Surah An-Nur ayah 8 :".....the curse of Allah be on him if he is one of the liars."

• The blackened face of the liar.

The Holy Prophet says,  " Beware of falsehood! Because falsehood blackens the face."

• Sin of lying is worse than drinking wine.
• The foul-smelling of the liar.
• The Angels abhor the liars.

In a prophetic tradition said, "when a believer utters a lie, such a bad smell emanates from his mouth that even the Angels move away."

• Lying is disbelief (kufr).
• The stench of the liar's mouth reaches the sky.
• The Angels of the sky curse the liars.
• Lying destroys faith.
• Lying or falsehood deprives from the liar from the taste of faith.
• Lying causes animosity and hatred between people.
• Lying is a sign of hypocrite.
• Liar's advice is not paid heed by the Islamic Shari'a.
• Lying is the most dreadful of the psychological disease.
• Lying is an embellishment of satan's hand.
• Lying is the worst profit from the trade.
• Lying causes forgetfulness.
• Lying is deprived of Salat al-Shab.
• Falsehood deprives a liar from true guidance and cause him deviate.

Al-Qur'an, Sural Al-Jumu'a ayah 5 :" And Allah does not guide  the unjust people."

Every kinds of lie and every methods of untruth speaking are haram.Just as It is haram to speak a lie with tongue and is similar to write something false.Even it is haram to point a finger in expressing a lie.For instance, someone ask, " Have you prayed? He nods his head, actually he does not pray yet.It is a lie and haram.Similarly propagating the words of liar that they are aware and support a liar, it is haram and sin.