It is narrated from Hazrat Khuraim that the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) offered the morning prayer, then turned while saying, "False testimony is equal to associating partners with Allah." The Holy Prophet (peace be upon him) said this three times, then recited this verse: { وَاجْتَنِبُوا قَوْلَ الزُّورِ حُنَفَائَ لِلَّہِ غَیْرَ مُشْرِکِینَ بِہِ }.

Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Beware! No one should ever give false testimony in Islam. Indeed, we accept only the testimony of the just.

Hazrat Ibn al-Hanifah says that { وَلاَ تَقْفُ مَا لَیْسَ لَکَ بِہِ عِلْمٌ} refers to false testimony.

Hazrat Wa'il bin Rabee'ah narrates that false testimony is equal to associating partners with Allah Almighty, then one of them recited this verse: { وَالَّذِینَ لاَ یَشْہَدُونَ الزُّورَ } and the other recited this verse: { وَاجْتَنِبُوا قَوْلَ الزُّورِ }.

Hazrat Abdullah bin Aamir bin Rabee'ah narrates that Hazrat Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) had made a false witness stand in a sheet in the evening and was reproaching him.

Hazrat Shurayh, may Allah have mercy on him, would send the false witness to the mosque or market and have it announced: We have rejected his testimony (he is a liar).

Hazrat Abu Husain (may Allah have mercy on him) says that Hazrat Qasim (may Allah have mercy on him) was sitting with me. He asked: When Hazrat Shurayh caught a false witness, what would he do with him? I replied: He would write his name down, and if he was from among the Arabs, he would send him to the mosque, and if he was from among the Mawali, he would send him to the marketplace and inform the people about him.

Hazrat Ja'd narrates that I was present with Hazrat Shurayh, and he had the turban removed from the head of a false witness and had him beaten with "khafaqat" (khafaqat refers to an instrument with which one is beaten; it is possible that it refers to shoes).

It is narrated from Hazrat Abdul Karim Al-Jazari (may Allah have mercy on him) that some people testified about the sighting of the Ramadan moon before Hazrat Umar bin Abdul Aziz. He declared them liars, gave each of them seventy lashes, and invalidated their testimony.

Hazrat Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) says that a false witness will be given corporal punishment.