And Muhammad ibn al-Walid ibn ‘Abd al-Hamid narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ja‘far narrated to us, Shu‘bah narrated to us, he said: ‘Ubaydullah ibn Abi Bakr narrated to me, he said: I heard Anas ibn Malik say: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) mentioned the major sins — or was asked about the major sins — and he said: “Associating partners with Allah, killing a soul, and disobedience to one’s parents.” And he said: “Shall I inform you of the greatest of the major sins?” He said: “False speech” — or he said: “False testimony.” Shu‘bah said: And my strongest assumption is that it was false testimony.