[25] The Character Trait Most Hated to The Messenger

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy.

Aa’ishah, may Allah be pleased with her, narrated:

There was no trait more hated to Allah’s Messenger, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, than lying. A man would speak based on lies in the presence of the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and he would not be content until he knew that he had repented”. [Sahih at-Tirmidhi 1973]

Imam Ibn al-Mubarak, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

“Hadith is written (acquired) from everyone except four: one who often makes mistakes and does not retract, a liar, a person of vain desires who calls others to his Bidah, and a man who does not preserve (memorise what he hears) and then narrates from memory”.

Al-Kifayah, p. 143

By Imam Al-Khatib Al-Baghdadi, may Allah have mercy upon him