✦⋆· said, "The worst form of usury is lying."

● "When a servant tells one lie, the angels distance themselves a mile away from him because of his foul smell."

● "It suffices as lying for you to repeat everything that you hear. "

● "Lying is one door of the doors of hypocrisy."

● "A liar only lies because of his disgraceful self, and the origin of mockery is sympathising with people who lie."

● "Lying is not right, whether it be serious or in jest, nor is it right for a man to make a promise to his child and not fulfil it. Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Heaven."

✦⋆· "Lying is treachery."

● "The sign of faith is that you prefer truthfulness where it is to your own detriment over lying where it is to your benefit."

● "There will come a time after me when there will be nothing more hidden than the truth and nothing more manifest than falsehood, and nothing worse than lies about Allah and His Messenger."

● "A servant will not experience the taste of faith until he leaves lying, both seriously and in jest."

● "Excessive lying corrupts one’s religion and increases one’s burden [of sins]."

● "Lying leads to hypocrisy."

● "Whoever lies corrupts his valour."

● "A liar is degraded and humiliated."

● "Whoever is known to lie will be less trusted, and whoever refrains from lying will be trusted in what he says."

● "The consequence of lying is humiliation in this world and punishment in the Hereafter."

● "A liar acquires three things with his lies: Allah’s discontentment with him, the people’s despising him, and the angels' hatred towards him."

● "Habitually lying brings about poverty."

● "Cast aside lying, for it opposes faith. A truthful person is on the verge of salvation and dignity, whereas a liar is on the point of falling down and humiliation."

● "By Allah, falling from the sky or being snatched by a bird would be more beloved to me than to lie about the Messenger of Allah (saw)."

✦⋆· , when asked by Hassan b. Mahbub, "Can a believer be miserly?", replied, "Yes." [He said] I asked, "And can he be cowardly?" The Imam replied, "Yes." I asked, "Can he be a liar?" The Imam said, "No, and nor can he be a traitor." He then said, "A believer can be predisposed by nature for everything except treachery and lying."

● "Do not lie, lest your radiance fade away."

● Imam Sadiq (as) said, " A lie breaks the fast of a fasting person." [Abu Basir said] I asked, "But who from among us does not lie?!" The Imam replied, "It is not as you are thinking, rather it is lying about Allah, His Messenger, and the Imams, peace of Allah be upon him and them."

● "Lying about Allah and His Messenger (saw) is a major sin."

● "When a man lies, he is deprived of the Night prayer as a result."

✦⋆· advising Hisham, said, "An intelligent person does not lie even whimsically."

✦⋆· said, "The malicious sins have all been put in one house, and the key for it is lying."