RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, in a hadith narrated by Imam Ahmad,
“Approaching the day of judgment will be false witnessing and concealing the
true witness.”
People will go
the court and lie, make false witness. People who know the truth will conceal
it. When this happens, it is the destruction of the society. Justice is the
fabric of the society. The less justice there is in life, the worse life is –
even if you have money!
Because Islam
values justice so much, false witnessing is one of the seven major sins. When
RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam was talking about the seven major sins,
he was leaning, and then he sat up straight and said, “False witness, false
witness.” He kept repeating it until the sahabah said that they wished he (SWS)
would stop. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam put so much emphasis on it.
When you know
the truth and conceal it, you are also sinning.
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