وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِك أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ، أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، كَانَ يَقُولُ : " لَا يَزَالُ الْعَبْدُ يَكْذِبُ وَتُنْكَتُ فِي قَلْبِهِ نُكْتَةٌ سَوْدَاءُ حَتَّى يَسْوَدَّ قَلْبُهُ كُلُّهُ، فَيُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنَ الْكَاذِبِينَ "
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say that when a person keeps lying, at first a black dot appears in his heart, then the whole heart becomes black, until (his name) is written among the liars with Allah.