زندگى تحت توفيقات اصول اخلاق - مكارم شيرازى، ناصر - الصفحة ٦٧ - Lie is not compatible with belief

restraining himself from most of the sins, because he thinks thatif he is asked about that issue, he shall say the truth, and if he says the truth, it will be disgraceful. So, he prefers to forget those deeds on the whole. Thus, being bounded to this attribute insures man against numerous sins.

٥- Most of lies cause other lies or sins, because it is widelyseen that liars say other lies for justifying their untrue subjects, and or perform other evil deeds for preventing disclosure oftheir lies.

It is clarified from what was mentioned above( consideringthe explanations mentioned in each part ), that if a man is verilybounded to truthfulness and honesty, he has to leave most ofsins because each of them somehow originates from lie. Rather, lie is the key of achieving them and a truthful man shouldrecede from sin willingly or not.

Lie is not compatible with belief

It is deduced from different traditions that lie is not inconcord with belief, and lying is the sign of a sort of unbelief.

These traditions have been inspired by Holy Quran where itsays:.

انَّما يَفْتَرِي الْكَذِبَ الَّذِينَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِآياتِ اللَّهِ وَ اولئِكَ هُمُ الْكاذِبُونَ‌ ..

They only forge falsehood, who believe not in the signs ofGod, and those- they are liars.. [١]

" Forge falsehood" may refer to deliberate falsehood. And now some of the narrations:

«سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه و آله: يَكُونُ الْمُؤْمِنُ جَباناً؟ قالَ: نَعَمْ. قِيلَ: وَ يَكُونُ بَخِيلًا؟ قالَ:

نَعَمْ. قِيلَ: وَيَكُونُ كَذّاباً؟ قال: لا».

[١]TheBeesura (٦١) ,verse ٥٠١