سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الأدبGeneral Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
باب فِي التَّشْدِيدِ فِي الْكَذِبِChapter: Stern warning regarding lying.
Hadith 4991
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ مَوَالِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ الْعَدَوِيّ حَدَّثَهُ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " دَعَتْنِي أُمِّي يَوْمًا وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَاعِدٌ فِي بَيْتِنَا ، فَقَالَتْ : هَا تَعَالَ أُعْطِيكَ , فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ :وَمَا أَرَدْتِ أَنْ تُعْطِيهِ , قَالَتْ : أُعْطِيهِ تَمْرًا , فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : أَمَا إِنَّكِ لَوْ لَمْ تُعْطِهِ شَيْئًا كُتِبَتْ عَلَيْكِ كَذِبَةٌ " .
Narrated Abdullah ibn Amir: My mother called me one day when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting in our house. She said: Come here and I shall give you something. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked her: What did you intend to give him? She replied: I intended to give him some dates. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: If you were not to give him anything, a lie would be recorded against you.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
The matter of speaking the truth and lying is not limited only to adults; it also applies to small children. In fact, some of the righteous (salihin) have extended it even to animals: that if a person calls an animal with a certain sound or shakes his lap as if to indicate that there is grass or grain in it, while in reality there is nothing, they consider this to be a lie as well.
In any case, lying is a reprehensible trait.
One should always avoid it.
Except for three situations, which have already been mentioned previously (Hadith: 4920-21).
Some researchers have classified the aforementioned narration as hasan (good).
The matter of speaking the truth and lying is not limited only to adults; it also applies to small children. In fact, some of the righteous (salihin) have extended it even to animals: that if a person calls an animal with a certain sound or shakes his lap as if to indicate that there is grass or grain in it, while in reality there is nothing, they consider this to be a lie as well.
In any case, lying is a reprehensible trait.
One should always avoid it.
Except for three situations, which have already been mentioned previously (Hadith: 4920-21).
Some researchers have classified the aforementioned narration as hasan (good).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4991
