Praise be to Allaah, we praise Him and seek His help and forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allaah from the evil of our own selves and from our evil deeds. Whomsoever Allaah guides, none can lead astray, and whomsoever He sends astray, none can guide. Lying is an evil characteristic, which all religions and systems of ethics warn against and which is considered wrong by mans innate sound disposition (Fitrah) and reason. Truthfulness is one of the pillars on which the moral survival of the world depends. It is the foundation of praiseworthy characteristics, the cornerstone of Prophethood, the result of Taqwaa (piety). Were it not for truthfulness, the rulings of all divinely-revealed laws would collapse. Acquiring the characteristic of lying is akin to shedding ones humanity, because speaking is an exclusively human trait. (Bareeqah Mahmoodiyyah, Muhammad al-Khaadimi, 3/183) Our purely monotheistic Sharee’ah (Islamic legislation) warns against lying in the Qur’aan and Sunnah, and there is consensus that it is Haraam (forbidden). The liar will have bad consequences in this world and in the next. According to the Shareeah, lying is not permitted except in specific cases which do not lead to loss of rights, bloodshed or slander of people’s honor, etc., but which concern saving lives, reconciling between people, or creating love between husband and wife. There is a never a day or a moment when the Shareeah permits a person to tell lies or to say whatever he wants based on lies. One of the things that have become widespread among the common people is the so called “April Fool’s Day”, where they claim that the first day of the fourth solar month is a day when lying is permitted without being subject to any Shar’i guidelines. Many bad things may result from this, some of which we will mention below. The prohibition of lying 1. Allaah Says (what means): {It is only those who believe not in the Ayaat (proofs, evidences, verses, lessons, signs, revelations, etc.) of Allaah, who fabricate falsehood, and it is they who are liars.} [Quraan, 16:105] Ibn Katheer, may Allaah have mercy on him, said: “Then Allaah tells us that His Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, is not a fabricator or a liar, because only the most evil of people who do not believe in the signs of Allaah, the Kaafirs and heretics who are known amongst the people for telling lies, tell lies about Allaah and His Messenger, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam. The Messenger Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, was the most truthful of people, the most righteous, the most perfect in knowledge, action, faith and certain belief. He was known amongst his people for his truthfulness; none of them doubted that, to such an extent that he was known amongst them as ‘al-Ameen (the trustworthy It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah, may Allaah be pleased with him, that the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: “The signs of the hypocrite are three: when he speaks, he lies; when he makes a promise, he breaks it; and when he is entrusted with something, he betrays that trust.” (Reported by Al-Bukhaari, 33; and Muslim, 59 Some people think that it is permissible to tell lies if it is in jest. This is the excuse that they use for telling lies on April 1st or on other days. This is wrong. There is no basis for this in the pure Shareeah. Lying is Haraam whether the one who does it is joking or is serious. Lying in jest is Haraam just like other kinds of lies. It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar, may Allaah be pleased with them both, said: “The Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, said: ‘I joke, but I speak nothing but the truth.’” (Reported by at-Tabaraani in al-Mu’jam al-Kabeer, 12/391 Say no to April fools day May Allah give us power to stand firm on the way of truth Aameen
Posted on: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 12:09:54 +0000
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