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2299. Ayman bin Khuraim narrated that the Prophet ﷺ stood to give a Khutbah and said: "O you people! False witness is tantamount to Shirk with Allāh" Then the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ recited: So shun the Rijs of the idols, and shun false speech..[1] (Da'if)
Abū 'Eisā said: This Hadīth is [Gharīb], we only know of it as a narration of Sufyān bin Ziyād. They differed in reporting this Hadīth from Sufyān bin Ziyād, and we do not know that Ayman bin Khuraim heard from the Prophet ﷺ.
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Commentary
Untruth is common to both, false-witnessing and polytheism. Since, if ascribing partners to Allāh is an act of falsehood, so is false-witnessing. Thus, in essence, both are the same, although polytheism is a falsehood of much greater proportion.