Commentary:
The Prophet (pbuh) repeating, “Shall I not inform you of the biggest of the greatest sins?” three times was to grab the attention of those who were present by asking them a question regarding a great and very important issue.
The Prophet (pbuh) saying, “and to be undutiful to one’s parents” means to harm, disobey and disagree with ones parents. This is the opposite of being dutiful to ones parents.
The Prophet (pbuh) sat up after he had been reclining when he warned about ‘lying speech and false witness’ because alot of people take these and similar issues lightly and therefore it is easy for them to fall into this type of sin. So the Prophet (pbuh) wanted to place extra emphasis on the seriousness of these actions.
This Hadith also teaches us that is recommend to repeat a point of advice three times so that it may be cleary understood and also to show the importance of the advice you are giving.
And Allah knows best!
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