The Ruling on One Whose Habit Is Lying
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Question:
If a person’s habit is always lying, is it said that faith is negated from him?
Answer:
The perfection of faith is negated from him if he has tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and faith, [meaning] the perfection of faith. But if he has hypocrisy, that is the opposite of faith. As for the lying that occurs among people, lying to Zayd and 'Amr, this is from the weakness of his faith, and from the sins he is safe from, and from the characteristics of the people of hypocrisy. Yes. I mean, this is hypocrisy in action. Yes. Ah, ah.
If a person’s habit is always lying, is it said that faith is negated from him?
Answer:
The perfection of faith is negated from him if he has tawhid (the oneness of Allah) and faith, [meaning] the perfection of faith. But if he has hypocrisy, that is the opposite of faith. As for the lying that occurs among people, lying to Zayd and 'Amr, this is from the weakness of his faith, and from the sins he is safe from, and from the characteristics of the people of hypocrisy. Yes. I mean, this is hypocrisy in action. Yes. Ah, ah.
Source
التعليق على كتاب زاد المعاد، بداية من فصل : وفى سجود كعب حين سمع صوت المبشِّر : من قوله : فإن قيل : هذا يدفعُه أمران — islamhouse.com (19:00)
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