Example of falsehood is promising a child that he would be given something while one is only lying; like when a mother says to her child: “Come I will give you this”, but when the child goes to her, she gives him nothing Lying to a child opens the door to persistent evil as he would learn this characteristic thereby lying when he speaks and breaks his promises. Lying is a dispraised character, (even) the people of Jāhiliyyah used to refrain from it. ‎—————— Book: My Sincere Advice to Women Page Number: Page 67 Author: Umm ʿAbdillāh al-Wādiʿiyyah https://store.sunnahpublishing.net/product/my-sincere-advice-to-women-hardcover/