Ibnul-Qayyim رحمه الله said:
Beware of falsehood because it spoils your natural ability to gain
information, and it spoils your information and your ability to teach people. The liar describes
that which does not exist, and that which exists he says it does not exist just
as he describes truth as falsehood and falsehood as truth, and good as evil and
evil as good. It spoils his conception and his knowledge, which then becomes
a punishment. Then he describes what is not true to the person who trusts
him. The heart of a liar is far removed from the
truth, and is inclined to that which does not exist and he prefers falsehood.
When his ability to perceive has been spoiled as well as his knowledge, which
is the basis of every voluntary deed, these deeds would also be spoiled and the
principle of falsehood would come into force.
Therefore, it would proceed from him
just like falsehood proceeds from the tongue, and so, he would not benefit from
either his tongue or his deeds. This is the reason why falsehood is the foundation of evil, just as the
Prophet صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم said:
“Truthfulness leads to
righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling
the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e
wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) fire,
and a man may keep on telling lies until he is written before Allaah, as a
liar.”
[Recorded by
Al-Bukhari, Kitab Al-Adab, section of the word of Allaah سُبحانه
وتعالى no.6094., and Muslim 2606]
When falsehood proceeds from the heart
to the tongue, it spoils it, then it goes to the body, and spoils the good
deeds just like it spoiled the words of the tongue. Then falsehood prevails in
his words, deeds and state. Therefore, corruption would become firmly embedded
in him and its disease would extend to a state of destruction if Allaah, سُبحانه
وتعالى does not cure him with the remedy of
truthfulness, which cuts off evil at its source. That
is why the origin of all the good deeds of the hearts is truthfulness, and
their opposites such as ostentation, conceit, arrogance, pride, haughtiness,
ingratitude, merrymaking, weakness, laziness, cowardice, disgrace and so on
have falsehood as the origin. Therefore the origin of every
good deed done secretly or openly, is truthfulness. And the origin of every
evil deed, done secretly or openly, is falsehood.
Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى
in return, rewards the liar by frustrating his interests, and rewards the
truthful by helping him achieve his interests concerning this world and the
Hereafter. Therefore, nothing can make us benefit
more in this world and the hereafter like truthfulness, and in the same way,
nothing can make us earn more evil in this world and the Hereafter like
falsehood.
Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى says:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُواْ اتَّقُواْ اللّهَ وَكُونُواْ
مَعَ الصَّادِقِينَ
“O you who believe! Be afraid of
Allaah, and be with those who are true (in words and deeds).”
[At-Tawbah 9:119]
Allaah سُبحانه وتعالى
said again,
قَالَ اللّهُ
هَذَا يَوْمُ يَنفَعُ الصَّادِقِينَ صِدْقُهُمْ
“Allaah will say: “This is a Day on
which the truthful will profit from their truth…”
[Al-Ma’idah 5:119]
He سُبحانه وتعالى
said again,
طَاعَةٌ وَقَوْلٌ مَّعْرُوفٌ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ الْأَمْرُ فَلَوْ
صَدَقُوا اللَّهَ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ
“…And when the matter (preparation
for Jihad) is resolved on, then if they had been true to Allaah, it would have
been better for them…”
[Muhammad 47:21]
The
Exalted also said:
وَجَاء الْمُعَذِّرُونَ مِنَ الأَعْرَابِ لِيُؤْذَنَ لَهُمْ
وَقَعَدَ الَّذِينَ كَذَبُواْ اللّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ سَيُصِيبُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ
مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
“And those who made excuses from the
Bedouins came (to you, O Prophet) asking your permission to exempt them (from
the battle), and those who had lied to Allaah and His Messenger sat at home
(without asking the permission for it); a painful torment will seize those of
them who disbelieve. ”
[Surat At-Tawbah 9:90]
{Al-Fawaa’id – Pages 228-231}
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