Why lying is seen as a sin in Islam?

 

It has been known that every unpleasant deed that has been condemned in "Qur’an" and in the "Ahadith" that God, Imams and prophets have recommended us to stay away from, will have unpleasant consequences therefore if someone does not care about these advices and commits any of these evil deeds, he cannot get away with it and its consequences will hurt him in the life.

One of these evil and unpleasant deeds, that has been condemned many times in many verses and Hadith, is lying, which has a lot of fatal consequences. We should try to get to know about these consequences and try to stay away from such evil deeds by cultivating in our souls the hatred towards them, so that we could save ourselves and others against them.

In some Hadith, by (Ahlu-l-Bayt"A.S.") liars have been considered as deads. They say, “A liar is like a dead . for the superiority of the living people over the dead ones is because of the trust one could have for a living ones . Therefore, if people cannot trust a living person, his life means nothing and he would not be differed from the dead ones.

This has also been talked about by Imam Ali who said, “People would not trust in one whom has lost his reputation as a liar".

Therefore, if we want people trust us, that we could have a good and pleasant life, we should stay away from lying and not to commit this sin.

 

Translated by: Sadroddin Musawi

 

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