Lying Blackens The Heart


Rasul Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “Truthfulness leads to
righteousness and righteousness leads to Paradise; a person remains
truthful until he is written as a Siddeeq (truthful person) with
Allah. Lying leads to sin and sin leads to the Fire; a person keeps
lying until he is written as a Kadhdhab (liar) with Allah.”  [Bukhari,
Muslim]

Imam Malik records that Abdullah ibn Masud would say, “Each time
someone lies a black spot appears on his heart until his whole heart
becomes black and he is written with Allah as a Kadhdhab.” He also
records that it was asked of Luqman, “How have you reached this level
in excellence?” He replied, “By being true in speech, fulfilling
trusts and leaving what does not concern me.”

Such is the importance of remaining truthful that the Prophet (sal
Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said that a Momin could at any one time
perform one sin or the other but he could never be a liar. Shaitan
incites us to lie, saying it is only one lie. But that is how the
habit develops and before a person knows it, each black dot has had
its cumulative effect of blackening the whole heart. The complete
blackening of the heart is the proof a person presents to Allah to
have him or her written down as a kadhdhab -- a confirmed liar.

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