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[05/07/2024] Lying and Giving False Witness are Major Sins – By Abu Khadeejah ‘Abdul Wāḥid حفظه الله. Khuṭbah at Masjid Salafi, Small Heath, Birmingham, UK.
Some points discussed during this Khuṭbah:
- The prohibition of lying and the requirement to be truthful in every situation.
- The best of all witnesses.
- Heavy words from the Messenger ﷺ against those who prevent justice and knowingly lie.
- The types of people whose testimony is rejected.
- Cultivating ourselves upon speaking the truth in a society filled with lying, slandering and rumour-mongering.
- Staying away from that which does not concern us and coming to suppositions.
- The greatest of the major sins.
- The reprehensibility of giving false witness.
- Protecting and defending the honour of the Muslims.
- Lying is a trait of the people of the Fire.
- Consequences of giving false witness.
- The command to stand firm in justice even if it is against ourselves.
- The prohibition of spreading the concealed sins of the believers.
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