Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: The worst amongst the people is the double-faced one; he comes to some people with one face and to others with the other face.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported that he heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: The worst amongst people is one with the double face. He comes to some people with one face and to others with the other face.

Harmla ibn Yahya narrated to me, he informed me: Ibn Wahb, he informed me: Yunus, from Ibn Shihab, Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib narrated to me, from Abu Huraira, that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him...

And Zuhayr ibn Harb narrated to me, Jarir narrated to us, from 'Umara, from Abu Zur'a, from Abu Huraira, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "You will find among the worst of people one with two faces, who comes to these with one face and to those with another face."

Humaid bin 'Abdul Rahman bin 'Auf reported that his mother Umm Kulthum daughter of 'Uqba bin Abu Mu'ait, and she was one amongst the first emigrants who pledged allegiance to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , as saying that she heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: A liar is not one who tries to bring reconciliation amongst people and speaks good (in order to avert dispute), or he conveys good. Ibn Shihab said he did not hear that exemption was granted in anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in battle, for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband (in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them).

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters but with a slight variation of wording.

This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Zuhri with a slight variation of wording.

'Abdullah bin Mas'ud reported that Muhammad ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Should I inform you that slandering, that is in fact a tale-carrying which creates dissension amongst people, (and) he (further) said: The person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and he tells a lie until he is recorded as a liar.

'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Truth leads one to Paradise and virtue leads one to Paradise and the person tells the truth until he is recorded as truthful, and lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell, and the person tells a lie until he is recorded as a liar.

'Abdullah bin Mas'ud reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Telling of truth is a virtue and virtue leads to Paradise and the servant who endeavours to tell the truth is recorded as truthful, and lie is obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell-Fire, and the servant who endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a liar. Ibn Abu Shaiba reported this from Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) .

'Abdullah reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: It is obligatory for you to tell the truth, for truth leads to virtue and virtue leads to Paradise, and the man who continues to speak the truth and endeavours to tell the truth is eventually recorded as truthful with Allah, and beware of telling of a lie for telling of a lie leads to obscenity and obscenity leads to Hell-Fire, and the person who keeps telling lies and endeavours to tell a lie is recorded as a liar with Allah.