Episode 27: A liar

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*40 Hadīths For Children With Stories*

*Episode 27: A liar*

One day a man and a woman were on trial in a court. The judge came in and the session started. The woman made the first speech.

She pointed at the skinny man standing next to her and said: "This man attacked me and took away my honour," and she began to wail.

The man defended himself, saying: "She is lying, sir! This woman came to me while I was counting the money I had earned from selling my sheep. She wanted my money. She threatened me, saying that if I did not give it to her she would create problems for me. When I refused she started to scream."

After hearing them, the judge knew who was telling the truth and who was lying. But he said nothing.

Then he turned to the man and said angrily: "You attacked this poor woman and then come and tell us a pack of lies. Give all the money in your pocket to this woman or I will put you in jail."

Everybody was shocked. They hadn't expected the judge to react in such a way. 

The woman gladly took the man's money and left the courtroom praying for the judge. As soon as she left, the judge told the man to go and follow her in order to get his money back. The man was once again shocked and rushed out quickly, hoping to get his money back.

A few minutes later, they were brought back into the courtroom again. The man was hurt, and had bruises and cuts on his face.

The woman spoke first again. She was very angry.

"Sir, this brute tried to take away the money you had given me."

The judge asked her:

"Did he manage to get it?"

"Do you think I would give up anything to this man?" The woman answered scornfully.

The judge turned and shouted at her:

"You shameless liar! You acted like an honest woman, claiming this man had attacked you. If that was true you would have fought harder to protect yourself than to protect the money which wasn't yours. Now give him back his money immediately!"

Before giving her a sentence, the judge reminded the woman about the saying of our beloved Prophet Muhammad (Blessings and Peace of Allāh be upon him) in following Hadīth:

إيا كم والكذب فإن الكذب يهدي إلى الفجوروإن الفجوريهدي إلى النار

رواه مسلم

*"Lying is immoral and immorality leads to hell."*

*[Muslim]*

Source of the Hadīth: Muslim, Kitāb al-Birr, Hadīth Number 103. 

*Pearls Of Motivation*

Be strong. Stay firm in faith. Face whatever Almighty ALLĀH has decreed head on. Seek His Help and Protection always. Don’t worry about what others say. When you come to the end of your life, you’re not going to answer to people, you’re going to answer to Him alone!