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Is lying haram? | Mufti Abu Layth

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video · 0:54 · 5,400 views · 26 Aug 2020 · Open on YouTube

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and the question about is lying haram i don't believe lying is haram by the way but lying harming people is haram it's a difference you see because lying could just be a lie like somebody could just lie for a joke they could just lie about like i could just make a statement like you guys can't see this mic right here this microphone is white but i could say oh this microphone is black i lied it didn't make a difference to anybody's lives that kind of lying is not haram that's just stating something that isn't so it becomes haram where there's either where there is harm

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or you are defrauding someone or you are cunning someone that action is haram not stating something which correlates or doesn't correlate to reality

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Mufti Abu Layth. (2020, August 26). Is lying haram? | Mufti Abu Layth [Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors]. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Retrieved November 1, 2026, from https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qmpqwmcjosc/
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Mufti Abu Layth. 2020. "Is lying haram? | Mufti Abu Layth." Video, auto-transcribed, may contain errors. Mufti Abu Layth Archive. Recorded August 26, 2020. Accessed November 1, 2026. https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qmpqwmcjosc/
BibTeX 
@misc{abulayth-QmPQWMcJOSc,
  author = {Mufti Abu Layth},
  title = {{Is lying haram? | Mufti Abu Layth}},
  year = {2020},
  month = {8},
  date = {2020-08-26},
  howpublished = {\url{https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qmpqwmcjosc/}},
  url = {https://muftiabulayth.org/r/qmpqwmcjosc/},
  organization = {Mufti Abu Layth Archive},
  urldate = {2026-11-01},
  note = {Auto-transcribed, may contain errors}
}