Al-Qura’an:

English Translation of Al-Quran
[5]. Surah Al-Ma’idah [The Table Spread With Food]

Ayat 106. O you who believe! When death approaches any of you, and you make a bequest, then take the testimony of two just men of your own folk or two others from outside, if you are traveling through the land and the calamity of death befalls you. Detain them both after As-Salat (the prayer), (then) if you are in doubt (about their truthfulness), let them both swear by Allah (saying): “We wish not for any worldly gain in this, even though he (the beneficiary) be our near relative. We shall not hide Testimony of Allah, for then indeed we should be of the sinful.”

Al-Hadith:

English Translation of Hadith
Al-Bukhari and Muslim (1550)

Hazrat Abu Bakr (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah  [S.A.W.W]((P.B.U.H) said, “Shall I not inform you of one of the gravest of the cardinal sins?” We said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah   [S.A.W.W]((P.B.U.H)  !” He   [S.A.W.W]((P.B.U.H) said, “To join others as partners with Allah in worship and to be undutiful to one’s parents.” The Messenger of Allah   [S.A.W.W]((P.B.U.H) sat up from his reclining position (in order to stress the importance of what he was going to say) and added, “I warn you making a false statement and giving a false testimony. I warn you against making a false statement and giving a false testimony.” The Messenger of Allah  [S.A.W.W]((P.B.U.H) kept on repeating this (warning).

Lesson:

As mentioned above in Surah Al-Ma’idah Ayat 106 “shall not hide Testimony of Allah, for then indeed we should be of the sinful.” and also in same Surah Ayat 8. “O you who believe! Stand out firmly for Allah and be just witnesses and let not the enmity and hatred of others make you avoid justice.” The contents of this Hadith make the gravity of making a false statement abundantly clear, hiding truth and blocking way to justice for needy by delivering false statement or not reveling the truth were needed to save innocent. How unfortunate indeed it is that, like other major sins, the evil of giving false testimony is very common among the present-day Muslims. May Allah prevent us from it.

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