Tradition n. 185

عَن أَنَسِ بنِ مالِكٍ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ الله صَلَّـى اللّه عليه وَ آلِه وَ سَلَّم: تَقَبَّلُوا لي بِسِتٍّ اَتَقَبَّلُ لَكُم بِالجَنَّة:

إذا حَدَّثتُم فَلا تَكذِبُوا، وَإذا وَعَدتُم فَلا تُخلِفُوا، وإذا ائ تُمِن تُـم فَلا تَخُونُوا، وَ غُضُّوا اَبصارَكُم، وَاحفَظُـوا فُرُوجَكُـم، وَ كُفُّـوا اَيدِيَكُم وَ اَلسِنَتَكُم.

'Anas Ibn Malik narrates from the Messenger of Allah (S) who said: “Accept six things from me, then I will accept (and guarantee) the entrance of Heaven for you:

1. When you speak, tell no lies.

2. When you promise, do not break it.

3. When you are trusted (by others), be honest.

4. Lower your eyes (from committing sin).

5. Guard your modesty.

6. Hold your hands and tongues.”

Khisal al-Saduq, p. 321

Tradition n. 186

قالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ العَسكَرِيُّ عليه السلام :

جُعِلَتِ الخَبائِثُ في بَيتٍ وَ جُعِلَ مِفتاحُهُ اَلكِذبَ.

Imam Abi-Muhammad-al-al-’Askari, the eleventh Imam, (‘a) said: “Wickedness was put inside a house, and the key (of its door) was rendered to be lies.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 72, p. 263

Tradition n. 187

قالَ الإمامُ السَّجّادُ عليه السلام :

اِتَّقُوا الكِذبَ، الصَّغِيـرَ مِنهُ وَالكَبِيـرَ فِي كُلِّ جِـدٍّ وَ هَـزلٍ، فاِنَّ الرَّجُـلَ إذا كَذِبَ فِي الصَّغِيرِ اِجتَرَأَ عَلَى الكَبِيرِ.

Imam as-Sajjad (‘a) said: “Avoid telling lies irrespective of small or great, whether it is in earnest or joking, because when a person tells a lie in small (things), he dares to tell a lie in great things, too.”

Tuhaf al-’Uqul, p. 201

Tradition n. 188

قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام :

مـا رَأَتهُ عَيناكَ فَهُوَ الحَقُّ وَ ما سَمِعَتهُ اُذُناكَ فَاَكثَرُهُ باطِلٌ.

Once Imam Amir Al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) was asked about the distance between the truth and untruth and, while he (‘a) was showing the distance between his eye and ear with his four fingers in order to illustrate this distance as his answer, he said: “What your eyes see is 'truth' and what your ears hear is for the most part 'untruth'.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 75, p. 196

Tradition n. 189

قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :

اِنَّ اللّه تَعالى جَعَلَ لِلشَرِّ اَقفالاً وَ جَعَلَ مَفَاتيـحَ تِلكَ الأقفالِ الشَّرابَ، وَالكِذبُ شَرٌّ مِنَ الشَّرابِ.

Imam al-Baqir (‘a) said: “Verily, Allah, the exalted, has put some locks on vices, the key of which He has put in wine, but the vice of lying is worse than wine.”

Al-Kafi, vol. 2, p. 339

Tradition n. 190

قالَ الإمامُ عليّ بنُ مُوسَى الرِّضا عليه السلام :

عَلَيكُم بِالصِّدقِ وَ إيّاكُم وَالكِذبَ.

Imam ar-Ridha’ (‘a) said: “Be truthful and avoid telling lies.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 78, p. 347