Shaykh-ul-Hadees, Maulana ‘Abdul Mustafa A’zami عَـلَيْهِ رَحْـمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ الۡـقَـوِی said: These days many people call themselves Siddeeqi, Farooqi, ‘Usmani, Sayyid! They should consider what a huge sandpit of sins they are stuck in. May our Merciful Lord عَزَّوَجَلَّ make these people tread the straight path and make them repent from this Haraam deed leading to Hell. (Aameen) (Jahannam kay Khatrat, pp. 182)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب       صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Lying while joking

Dear Islamic brothers! It is beyond any doubt that lying in our societies has gone viral, spreading like a virus, hardly any of our gatherings go without falsehood especially lying while joking is quite widespread. Conducting entertaining gatherings then making people laugh with excessive joking and fairy tales, similarly, spreading something false attributing it to individuals through social media is not regarded as a sin at all even though Satan is pleased by all these actions which leads one to Hell with his plans. Out of all the prevalent forms of lying, false testimony in the court is also one of them because it snatches the rights of people and dishonours them and it causes a dead-end in the social justice system.

The Noblest Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: False testimony is equal to Shirk (ascribing partners to Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ). (Sunan-ut-Tirmizi, vol. 4, pp. 133)

Similarly, taking a false oath is also an extremely evil action; attaining success and progress by taking false oaths is regarded to be a great achievement in our societies and those who refrain from falsehood and remain truthful are considered as unwise and foolish and sometimes truthfulness is viewed as an obstacle in the way of success. It is for this reason that people do not hesitate to give false testimonies though it is a major sin. Let’s listen to two blessed sayings of the Blessed and Beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم in this connection:

1.         There are three major sins: Associating partners with Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ, disobedience to parents, false oaths and killing somebody.

(Sahih Bukhari, vol. 4, pp. 295, Hadees 6675)