Dear Islamic brothers! From this glorious Hadith we learnt absolutely well that it is prohibited in Islam to lie even to children. Therefore anyone who has ever done so in the past must instantly and sincerely repent and inculcate a permanent habit of speaking the truth. We must abstain from lying ourselves and also make efforts to guard our children from this despicable trait. To help attain this goal please study the 37-page booklet ‘Jhoota Chor’ (The Lying Thief) written by Shaykh-e-Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, founder of Dawat-e-Islami, ‘Allamah Maulana Abu Bilal Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri Razavi Ziyaee دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـه, as well as studying it yourselves please encourage your children to study it too. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ you will get rid of the habit of lying.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Affixing false titles

Dear Islamic brothers! We normally have certain terms that signify certain specific distinctions or degrees, however as a result of excessive fraud, deception and lying we notice these terms being used by certain individuals who have absolutely no connection whatsoever with these degrees and accolades. Even if they have some sort of affiliation and association with that particular accolade they are still unworthy of those specific labels. Anyone with a bit of knowledge about medicines such as a professional dispenser or clinic assistant can usually be seen referring to himself as a “doctor” in fact he enjoys being labelled as a “doctor”, whereas we all are aware that the term “doctor” represents a certain degree and can only be used by the relevant degree-holder. Any unqualified individual who uses this label is committing a judicial felony by law and in the eyes of Islam he is a liar. Similarly, having gained a small amount of knowledge regarding plants and few herbs, or picking up a few medical tips from here and there, some people proudly like to be referred to as ‘Hakeem Sahib’ along with their names and they also write this label to their names, whereas, this is an absolute lie and deception. Lying is so prevalent that some uneducated people do not shy away from behaving as though they are scholars. In our communities the word “Maulana” is a label ascribed to Islamic scholars but you can observe uneducated people audaciously using not only this word rather even higher religious accolades such as “Allamah-o-Fahhaamah” [عَلَّامَہ و فَہَّامَہ] (a scholar of tremendously high calibre) in order to introduce or identify themselves. This is clearly lying.