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ahmad:27597ʿAbd al-Razzāq > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān b. Khuthaym > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Lying is not permissible except in three cases: a man lying to his wife to make her pleased with him, lying in war as war is deception, or lying for the sake of reconciling between people."  

أحمد:٢٧٥٩٧حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يَصْلُحُ الْكَذِبُ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ كَذِبُ الرَّجُلِ مَعَ امْرَأَتِهِ لِتَرْضَى عَنْهُ أَوْ كَذِبٌ فِي الْحَرْبِ فَإِنَّ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةٌ أَوْ كَذِبٌ فِي إِصْلَاحٍ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ  


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ahmad:27278Ḥajjāj > Ibn Jurayj > Ibn Shihāb > Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAwf > Ummih Um Kulthūm b. ʿUqbah

[Machine] She said, "The Prophet ﷺ permitted lying in three situations: during war, in reconciling between people, and a man speaking to his wife."  

أحمد:٢٧٢٧٨حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ عَنْ أُمِّهِ أُمِّ كُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ عُقْبَةَ

أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ رَخَّصَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مِنَ الْكَذِبِ فِي ثَلَاثٍ فِي الْحَرْبِ وَفِي الْإِصْلَاحِ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ وَقَوْلِ الرَّجُلِ لِامْرَأَتِهِ  

ahmad:27608Abū Aḥmad > Sufyān > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUthmān / Ibn Khuthaym > Shahr b. Ḥawshab > Asmāʾ b. Yazīd

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Lying is not permissible except in three cases: a man lying to his wife to please her, or to reconcile between people, or in times of war."  

أحمد:٢٧٦٠٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ يَعْنِي ابْنَ خُثَيْمٍ عَنْ شَهْرِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ قَالَتْ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا يَصْلُحُ الْكَذِبُ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ كَذِبِ الرَّجُلِ امْرَأَتَهُ لِيُرْضِيَهَا أَوْ إِصْلَاحٍ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ أَوْ كَذِبٍ فِي الْحَرْبِ  

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"لا يَصْلُحُ الْكَذِبُ إِلا فِي ثَلاثٍ: يُحَدِّثُ الرَّجُلُ امْرَأَتَهُ لِيُرْضِيَهَا، وَالْكَذِبُ فِي الْحَرْبٍ، وَالْكَذِبُ لِيُصْلِحَ بَينَ النَّاسِ".  

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