Honesty and Promises
122 questions
What is the ruling on bearing false witness and slander that leads to the wrongful imprisonment of innocent people, and what must the perpetrator do to repent?
What are the implications for someone who bore false witness in an old case and now wishes to repent, fearing personal harm if they retract it, and believing their testimony did not affect the course of the case?
Is one considered a liar if they deny committing a sin in the past, such as theft, after having repented from it, out of shame that people might know of their sins?
Is it permissible to falsify a certificate of experience for a governmental body in order to include previous years of experience that were not counted?
Is it permissible for a girl to lie to people or to a suitor by reducing her age with the aim of getting married, and does sin result from that?
How can one get rid of the habit of lying about academic grades, especially after repeated lying by inflating grades and being unable to apologize after the second lie?
Can a sum of money be paid as expiation for perjury that was admitted to before an investigator?
Is it permissible for someone who has committed a sin to lie if asked about it, in order to avoid publicly disclosing the wrongdoing, even if that leads to swearing a false oath?
Is a witness's testimony of unconfirmed information regarding a person's presence in a dwelling considered perjury, and what is the way to atone for this sin?
Is what the couple did by concealing the reason for the delay in conception, and the wife informing that she became pregnant and miscarried, considered a lie, and is it permissible for her to inform the family of that?
Is saying "I will kill you, kill you" in jest to one's sister, with an inner feeling that the intention was not to mock the Qur'an, considered disbelief (kufr) or mockery of the religion, and what should be done about this obsessive whisper (waswas)?
If I made a vow and did not fulfill it, do I owe expiation?
What is the ruling on issuing a fatwa regarding telling a friend—in support of her commitment to prayer—that her deceased friend had enjoined her in a dream to commit to prayer, even though this claim is untrue?
What should a married woman do who is suffering from financial hardship and debts, and has falsely told her mother that her financial situation has improved based on a man's promise to help her, and continues to lie because the man has not fulfilled his promise, and fears telling her mother the truth?
Is there a covenant upon the soul in Islam that necessitates death if it is not kept?
Would my testimony be considered false if I testify on behalf of a colleague that she fell at school, even though I don't precisely remember the location of her fall, and would expiation be incumbent upon me if her claim is proven to be false?
Must one fulfill a promise to a person who died before the promise was fulfilled?
Is the grade I received considered Haram, and would intentionally compensating for this mistake in the future with a similar mistake in another exam make the final grade not a result of cheating?
Is the questioner sinful for lying and claiming to be married to ward off girls, and how can he convince his family of the necessity of his marriage while he is in a European country, especially since one of the girls is pursuing him and inviting him to fornication or an urfi marriage?
What is the ruling on a group of people testifying that a benefactor built a mosque previously, when this contradicts the truth, and what are the implications of that regarding prayer in the mosque?
What should a female student do who agreed to distribute 200 Islamic دعوية pamphlets within her college in one day, then discovered their poor style and ineffectiveness, especially after the academic year ended and she was unable to distribute all of them? She feels the weight of this trust and fears not fulfilling it, and she wonders how to deal with them and clear her conscience. Can she ask another female student to distribute them?
Is it considered hypocrisy for a female preacher to say something different when she is alone compared to what she says when she is with the Jama'at al-Da'wa wa al-Tabligh group, even if she confines herself to correct statements, for fear of reproach and losing the group's trust?
What do you do when you have deceived your friends by telling them you have a boyfriend abroad with untrue stories, and you feel remorseful and anxious about confessing to them for fear of losing their trust?
What is the ruling on an Imam who falsely testified that the husband did not beat his wife, nor spend on her, nor abandon her, while it was the wife who abandoned the husband? Is it permissible to pray behind him, and is it obligatory to expose him?