ʿAli ؓ said: If I narrate to you a hadeeth from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, then being thrown from heaven to earth is dearer to me than attributing to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ something that he did not say However, war is deceit.
عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدِيثًا فَلَأَنِ أَقَعَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ أَقُولَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يَقُلْ وَلَكِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ