استِماعُ الكِذبِ Listening to a Lie

45ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لا تُمَكِّنِ الغُواةَ مِن سَمعِكَ .

45– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Do not give your hearing [i.e. attention] to those who have gone astray.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 1]
 

46ـ سُئلَ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) عنِ القُصّاصِ: أيَحِلُّ الاستِماعُ لَهُم ؟ فقالَ: لا، وقالَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن أصغى إلى ناطِقٍ فَقَد عَبَدَهُ، فإن كانَ النّاطِقَ عن اللّه‏ِ فقد عَبَدَ اللّه‏َ، وإن كانَ النّاطِقَ عن إبليسَ فقد عَبَدَ إبليسَ.

46– It is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar: Imam al-Sadiq (AS) was asked about storytellers and whether it is permitted to listen to them?’ He said, ‘No’, and he (AS) said, ‘Whoever listens to a speaker worships him. But if he speaks about Allah [and anything associated], then it is as if he is worshipping Allah, and if he speaks from or about Satan [and anything associated with him], then it is as if he is worshipping Satan.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 264, no. 1]