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I have very importent question, and i want the reply urgently, do we can said lie to anybody to take him in a right path, just giving any worng pic or story to show the fear of GOD and come to the right path. recently i received one email with one pic it shows that the khabar ka azab to one guy, i don`t know weather this pic is ryt or wrong, is it ryt to publish this sort of pic to show the fear of GOD to the people so they can come to ryt path. please reply me in the light of quran and hadis.

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Invent attribute lie falsehood to Allah and prophet(saws)

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Your Question: ….do we can said lie to anybody to take him in a right path, just giving any worng pic or story to show the fear of GOD and come to the right path. recently i received one email with one pic it shows that the khabar ka azab to one guy, i don`t know weather this pic is ryt or wrong, is it ryt to publish this sort of pic to show the fear of GOD to the people so they can come to ryt path. please reply me in the light of quran and hadis.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah Nisaa verse 135:

135 O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for justice (and Truth) as witnesses to Allah even as against yourselves or your parents or your kin and whether it be (against) rich or poor: for Allah can best protect both. Follow not the lusts (of your hearts) lest ye swerve and if ye distort (justice and truth) or decline to do justice; verily Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 5 Surah Maidah verse 8:

8 O ye who believe! Stand out firmly for Allah as witnesses to fair dealing and let not the hatred of others to you make you swerve to wrong and depart from justice. Be just: that is next to Piety: and fear Allah for Allah is well-acquainted with all that ye do.

Dear and beloved brother in Islam, the religion of Truth guides those who have professed belief in Allah and the Last Day to always, and we reiterate, always fear Allah and stand on the side of the Truth, even if that truth is against oneself, one’s interests, or against one’s loved ones. It simply would neither behove nor befit nor would it be in alignment with the character of a believer, who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day, to utter a lie.

Respected brother in Islam, whatever happens and transpires after one’s death, or in the grave, or on the Day of Judgment, or in the eternal and everlasting life of the Hereafter in Paradise or in Hell Fire, etc. are what is known as the ‘knowledge of the unseen’…..and for everything regarding the ‘knowledge of the unseen’ one who sincerely believes in Allah and the Last Day is duty bound to rely with absolute conviction only, and we reiterate, only on what is related in Truth by either their Lord Creator in His Glorious Quran, or what the Lord Willed to inform His Messenger (saws) by ‘wahi’ (inspiration), and he (saws) informed the believers; which is recorded in the Prophet’s (saws) authentic and established Sunnah.

As noble as one’s intentions of instilling the fear of the Lord and the Last Day into another person may be, to invent a lie from oneself, and declare that it will happen after one’s death, or in one’s grave, or on the Day of Judgment, or in the Hereafter, etc….when such a thing is not specifically endorsed by the Lord and His Messenger (saws)….would be to attribute a lie unto Allah and His Messenger (saws)!!!! Allah is our witness brother, one would be hard-pressed to find an abomination or a sin greater in the Sight of the Lord Most Majestic than to invent a lie and falsely attribute it to Him or His Messenger (saws)!!!

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 61 Surah Saff verse 7:

7 Who doth greater wrong than one who invents falsehood against Allah even as he is being invited to Islam? And Allah guides not those who do wrong.

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 7 Surah Aaraaf verse 37:

37 Who is more unjust than one who invents a lie against Allah or rejects his Signs?

Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 29 Surah Ankabut verse 68:

68 And who does more wrong than he who invents a lie against Allah or rejects the Truth when it reaches Him? Is there not a home in Hell for those who reject faith?

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 4.667 Narrated by Abdullah bin Amr

The Prophet (saws) said ‘Whoever tells a lie on me intentionally, will surely take his place in the (Hell) Fire."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 1.109 Narrated by Salama

I heard the Prophet (saws) saying, "Whoever (intentionally) ascribes to me what I have not said then (surely) let him occupy his seat in Hell-fire."

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 8.217 Narrated by Abu Huraira

The Prophet (saws) said, "Whoever intentionally ascribes something to me falsely, he will surely take his place in the (Hell) Fire.”

Your Question: ….do we can said lie to anybody to take him in a right path, just giving any worng pic or story to show the fear of GOD and come to the right path…..

Allah says in the Holy Quran: Chapter 16, Surah An-Nahl Ayat 125:

Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and excellent admonition and argue with people in the best manner. Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Way and who is Rightly guided.

The truth is brother, there is more than sufficient evidence, and threats, and fears, and the solemn Promises of the Lord in His Glorious Quran regarding the destination of those who do not fear Allah and the Last Day…..if one presents the Truth available in the Quran and the Sunnah, and still the person presented with the Truth does not chose to fear His Lord Creator and His Day of Tribunal, his case rests with Allah Subhanah Alone!

As noble as one’s intention may be to instill the fear of Allah and the Last Day into the hearts of their brethren, it would just not befit one who sincerely believes to invent a falsehood or a lie and attribute it to Allah or His Messenger (saws)! That without an iota of a doubt, would be an abomination and a crime beyond compare!

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan