Lying __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text LYING Arabic kizzab كذاب A pretty general infirmity of nature in the East, which still remains uncorrected by the modern influences of Islam. But Muhammad is related to have said: "When a servant of God tells a lie, his guardian angels move away from his to the distance of one mile, because of the badness of its smell." (Mishkat, book xxii. ch. ii.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail