Warning Against False Testimony
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Question:
From the northern part of Yemen, Al-Hudaydah, a listener (S. B. A.) sent a question asking: What is the ruling on deliberately giving false testimony against innocent people? And what is the punishment for the one who gives it, based on authentic evidence? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
False testimony is among the greatest of major sins and among the gravest of sins. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Hajj: 30], and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in an authentic hadith: Sahih Muslim 88b We said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah! He said: .
This means: He kept repeating the warning against false testimony until the Companions said: May he have kept silent, meaning: to spare him, so as not to make it difficult for himself, peace and blessings be upon him.
The point of this warning, even though shirk is greater and undutifulness to parents is greater, is that it is a great crime involving great harm and injustice to people, and making lawful the private parts, wealth, honor, and blood without what Allah has prescribed. Therefore, it became a great crime.
It is obligatory for the one in authority, if he knows of it, to punish the false witness with a deterrent punishment, such as flogging and imprisonment, and the like of what serves as a deterrent for him and those like him; because it is a crime that leads to great corruption and great harm, so its perpetrator deserves to be punished with a deterrent punishment by the one in authority. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
From the northern part of Yemen, Al-Hudaydah, a listener (S. B. A.) sent a question asking: What is the ruling on deliberately giving false testimony against innocent people? And what is the punishment for the one who gives it, based on authentic evidence? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
False testimony is among the greatest of major sins and among the gravest of sins. Allah the Exalted said:
So avoid the uncleanliness of idols and avoid false statement,
فَاجْتَنِبُوا الرِّجْسَ مِنَ الأَوْثَانِ وَاجْتَنِبُوا قَوْلَ الزُّورِShould I not inform you about the gravest of the major sins
ألا أنبئكم بأكبر الكبائر؟Associating partners with Allah, and undutifulness to parents. He was reclining, so he sat up and said: Do you not know that the greatest of major sins is saying falsehood and giving false testimony? He kept repeating it until we said: May he have kept silent.
الإشراك بالله، وعقوق الوالدين، وكان متكئًا فجلس فقال: ألا وقول الزور ألا وشهادة الزور، فما زال يكررها حتى قلنا: ليته سكتThis means: He kept repeating the warning against false testimony until the Companions said: May he have kept silent, meaning: to spare him, so as not to make it difficult for himself, peace and blessings be upon him.
The point of this warning, even though shirk is greater and undutifulness to parents is greater, is that it is a great crime involving great harm and injustice to people, and making lawful the private parts, wealth, honor, and blood without what Allah has prescribed. Therefore, it became a great crime.
It is obligatory for the one in authority, if he knows of it, to punish the false witness with a deterrent punishment, such as flogging and imprisonment, and the like of what serves as a deterrent for him and those like him; because it is a crime that leads to great corruption and great harm, so its perpetrator deserves to be punished with a deterrent punishment by the one in authority. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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