The Prohibition against Lying

Do not follow that of which you have no knowledge (whether it is good or bad). (al-Isra 17:36)

(Those true servants of the All-Merciful are they) who do not take part in, or bear witness to, any vanity or falsehood (and who will not deem anything true unless they know it to be so for certain). (al-Furqan 25:72)

746. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It is enough of a lie for a man to talk about everything he hears.” (Sahih Muslim, Muqaddimah, 5).

750. Abu’d-Darda, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If a servant of Allah curses something, the curse rises to the heaven and the gates of heaven are locked against it. Then it falls to the earth and the gates of the earth are locked against it and then it goes to the right and to the left and when it does not find any entrance, it returns to that which was cursed if it deserves it. Otherwise it returns to the one who said it.” (Sunan Abu Dawud, Adab, 4).

754. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “The gates of Paradise are opened on Mondays and Thursdays and every slave who does not associate anything with Allah is forgiven except the man between whom and his brother there is rancor. It is said, ‘Wait until these two make it up! Wait until these two make it up!’” (Sahih Muslim, Birr, 34–36).

752. Abu Hurayra, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “If people insult one another, the sin of what they say falls exclusively on the one of them who initiated it unless the one wronged exceeds the bounds.” (Sahih Muslim, Birr, 68).

 

Nawawi, Imam. Riyad As-Salihin; The Gardens of the Righteous: A collection of authentic hadiths. Tughra Books Press, Inc. 2014