The Prophet (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “A Momin cannot have complete faith unless he gives up falsehood in his jokes and debates, though in all other matters he speaks the truth.” [Ahmed]


A person is not at the highest level of honesty till he gives us telling untruths even in jokes and debates.

Once we rid ourselves of lying to our children, lying in ordinary household matters, lying to relatives, lying in business dealings, and lying in the workplace, we need to move on to remove lying from our jokes and lying to substantiate a point that may itself be completely valid.

Eemaan does not allow a person to lie. Lies and Eemaan don’t mix.