The Promised Messiah (as) reminded us that the Holy Qur'an equates lying to shirk (idol worship). So much emphasis has been laid on speaking the truth that we as Muslims are held grandly responsible for assimilating this virtue in our daily lives. Huzur (atba) related a Hadith that the Holy Prophet (saw) was reported as saying that the gravest sins are committing shirk, disobeying one’s parents, lying and giving false testimony. He repeated the last two several times to lay emphasis. The Promised Messiah (as) relates shirk to lying, in fact, they are one and the same.
Today the condition of the world is very fragile. False cases in the courts have become customary, just as producing false witnesses and false evidence. Such practices are not based on Quranic teachings. A man gives rise to idols within his heart based on falsehood. An idol worshipper is a fool who bows before an idol thinking that he will be saved by it. Similarly, he takes refuge in lying, thinking that a lie will protect him, but he is wrong.
After a person accepts Ahmadiyyat and adopts the conditions of Bai’at as his way of life, lying becomes shirk because if we think we can get away with such an immoral practice, then we are actually betraying Allah. A hadith of the Holy Prophet (saw) reminds us that Imaan (faith) and Kufr (disbelief) cannot reside in the same heart just as truth and falsehood cannot be found in the heart together at the same time.
By Mubashar Idrees, Qaid Majlis Worcester Park, London for Tahir Region Taleem Dept at www.tahirregion.weebly.com