The Liar is accursed The liar is eligible for divine curse and Allah (S.

The Liar is accursed The liar is eligible for divine curse and Allah (S.w.T.) causes His retribution to descend upon him.” For example: “...the curse of Allah be on him if he is one of the liars.” (Surah an-Nūr 24:8) 6. The blackened face of the liar The Holy Prophet (S) says: “Beware of falsehood!

Because falsehood blackens the face.”[^4] An interesting incident is found in the book, Habibus Sayr: Sultan Husain Mirza, the king of Khorasan and Zāblistan, sent one of his envoys to Sultan Yaqūb Mirza, the king of Azerbaijān and Iraq. The envoy carried with him books and other gifts. The Sultan had ordered the inclusion of the book Kulliyat al-Jami in the set of books. It was a very popular book in those days.

Amīr Husain Abīravi, the envoy, in his haste packed the book Futūhat al-Makki instead of Kulliyat al-Jami. On reaching Iraq, he found a hospitable host in the ruler of Iraq. He was asked, “You must have been bored during this long journey?” The envoy replied, “Not at all! The Sultan has sent for you Kulliyat al-Jami. So whenever we halted, I read some portions of it and passed my time.” Sultan Yaqūb was eager to see the book.

But, when he ordered for it, it was not found to the embarrassment of the envoy. The king demanded, “Aren’t you ashamed to utter such a lie?” The envoy says, “I left the court ashamed and returned home without a reply to my Sultan’s letter. I did not even halt or rest during the journey to Khorasan. I felt death would have been better for me, rather than uttering such a lie.” 7.

Sin of lying is worse than drinking wine Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) says: “Certainly Allah has created the lock for every evil and the key to all these locks is drinking wine. But lying is worse than drinking.”[^5] Wine disables reason and sense, but lying kills the reason. It makes one so insensate that he becomes ready to commit any kind of satanic act.

An alcoholic when under the influence of alcohol is not in his proper senses, and thus it is not possible for him to act with cunningness and treachery. But a liar can cause untold mischief in the society through his cunningness; much more than a drunkard can. 8. The foul-smelling mouth of the liar It is recorded in a tradition that on the Day of Judgement the mouth of a liar will give an awful smell. 9.

The Angels abhor the liars The smell of a liar’s mouth would be so disgusting that even the Angels will not go near him. They will keep away from the liars. This is not only for the Day of Judgement.