Does his leaning back indicate that false testimony is greater than shirk (associating partners with Allah)?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Does the narrator’s statement, “and he was leaning back, so he sat up,” mean that false testimony is greater than shirk (associating partners with Allah)? Yes.
Answer:
No, it is not part of shirk (associating partners with Allah), but people are lax about it. We said: Did you hear this? We said: The reason is that people are lax about it, whereas they avoid shirk (associating partners with Allah) and undutifulness to parents. The deterrent for them against shirk (associating partners with Allah) and undutifulness to parents is present, but the deterrent for them against false testimony is weak due to the prevalence of desire and self-assertion, and so on. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner asks: Does the narrator’s statement, “and he was leaning back, so he sat up,” mean that false testimony is greater than shirk (associating partners with Allah)? Yes.
Answer:
No, it is not part of shirk (associating partners with Allah), but people are lax about it. We said: Did you hear this? We said: The reason is that people are lax about it, whereas they avoid shirk (associating partners with Allah) and undutifulness to parents. The deterrent for them against shirk (associating partners with Allah) and undutifulness to parents is present, but the deterrent for them against false testimony is weak due to the prevalence of desire and self-assertion, and so on. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يدل اتكاؤه على أن شهادة الزور أعظم من الشرك؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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