Helping Relatives with False Welfare Claims
Question
Assalamualaykum. My elderly relatives pressure me to complete their welfare benefit forms so they can claim for Uk Pip, disability, carers allowances, but the answers require untruths to some extent. They justify as end goal is consistent with their belief they need it, they do have health issues but not to the extent they claim, hiwever the questions are very specific and health issues are exaggerated and inaccurate. They put a lot of pressure on me saying any sin is on them and will not talk to me if I donโt help with the process. They state they have nobody else to help and make me feel awkward. I have insisted I would be a witness to some lies and feel my blessings will go. I donโt want to judge them but they say everyone does it to survive. They state they are in financial stress. How can I give them valid Islamic reasoning to support me please. Are they justified? Am I right to feel strongly about not being emotionally pressured to help please? JazakAllah.
Islamic Ruling & Answer
VerifiedWalekumussalam,
Deliberately writing wrong or exaggerated information in such forms is not allowed in Islam, because it is a lie and a kind of cheating. In the Qurโan, Allah has forbidden lying and taking money in an unfair way. The Hadith also strongly warns against cheating.
So if you know that false information will be written in the form, it is not allowed for you to help in it, because that would mean helping in a sin. Saying โthe sin will be on usโ does not make it allowed, because Islam also tells us not to help in sinful actions.
Also, if relatives say, โIf you do not help us, we will break our relationship with you,โ this is not the right way. In Islam, it is not allowed to pressure someone to do a wrong thing. You can politely explain to them that even if someone gets a small benefit in this world, the accountability in the Hereafter will be very strict. So it is better to write only true and correct information.
However, if you help them fill the form according to their real problems and with correct information, then there is no problem in that.
May Allah keep you firm on the truth, make things easy for you, and give your relatives the understanding of the Hereafter and the ability to be honest. Ameen.
Answered by
Mufti Tosif Qasmi
March 13, 2026
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