my heart.’ Hajjaj Bin Yusuf ordered, ‘Set him free too, because he bravely spoke the truth.’ (Wafyaat-ul-A’yaan, vol. 1, pp. 211)

Dear Islamic brothers! The one who speaks the truth is always successful because pure gold does not fear the flame, he has always been in sheer benefit but alas! Today, the epidemic of lying has broken out in our society to a great extent. In short! Almost every person of our society whether it is a man or woman, rich or poor, minister or his advisor, officer or his subordinate everyone seems to be fallen prey to this epidemic. Unfortunately, this curse is applied even at those occasions where truth does not also bring about any worldly loss.

Telling lies to children

One of the disgraceful curses of it is lying to children. It has generally been observed that in order to comfort and calm children down, adults often make false promises which they do not keep like ‘We will buy you a toy’ or ‘We will buy you a toy plane’ etc. Similarly, in order to put fear into the hearts of children, parents often lie making statements like ‘The bogeyman is coming’ or ‘Big Foot is outside’ etc. Whoever has done this should sincerely repent for their actions. These types of false statements affect children morally and ethically and as a result, children become used to speaking lies by listening to it since their childhood. Those children who are brought up in this kind of environment tell lies in every second sentence, therefore, we should also not tell lies to children.

Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah Bin ‘Aamir رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ تَـعَالٰی عَـنْهُ has narrated, ‘The Beloved and Blessed Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰى عَـلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم had arrived at our home. My mother      said to me, ‘Come, I will give you something.’ Hearing this, the most Noble Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰى عَـلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم asked her, ‘What do you intend to give?’ She said that she had intended to give him dates. Upon which the Prophet of Rahmah, the Intercessor of the Ummah صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ تَعَالٰى عَـلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said, ‘If you had not given anything, it would have been written down as a lie.’

(Sunan Abi Dawood, vol. 4, pp. 387, Hadees 4991)