Caution: Translations of Quran and Ḥadīth may lead to possible misapplications and misinterpretations. This site is intended for students of sacred knowledge that are proficient in comprehending classical Arabic and have a strong foundation in Islamic sciences. Also note that religious injunctions rely on several aspects beyond what one may glean through reading individual aḥādīth.
Qurʾān Bukhārī Muslim Nasāʾī Abū Dāwūd Tirmidhī Ibn Mājah Mālik Aḥmad Dārimī Ḥākim Ibn Ḥibbān Ṭabarānī Nasāʾī's Kubrá Bayhaqī al-Luʾluʾ wa-al-Marjān Ibn Rajab's Fifty Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn Aḥmad's Zuhd Suyūṭī
suyuti:4-406b – ʿAli > In Allāh
Request/Fix translation

  

السيوطي:٤-٤٠٦b –

"عن عَلِىٍّ قال: إِنَّ الله سَمَّى الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةً عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّه ﷺ ".  

[ط] الطيالسي [حم] أحمد [ع] أبو يعلى وابن جرير، والدورقى

See similar narrations below:

Collected by Aḥmad
ahmad:697 – ʿAbdullāh > Abū And ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-Qawārīrī > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Mahdī > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Dhī Ḥuddān > Man > ʿAlī

I was told by someone who heard ʿAli say: War is deceit, on the lips of your Prophet ﷺ .  

أحمد:٦٩٧ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْقَوَارِيرِيُّ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ ذِي حُدَّانَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ

سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ عَلَى لِسَانِ نَبِيِّكُمْ ﷺ  

ahmad:1034 – ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Sufyān > Abū Isḥāq > Saʿīd b. Dhī Ḥuddān > Man > ʿAlī

Someone who heard ‘Ali ؓ told me that he said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ called war deceit.  

أحمد:١٠٣٤ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ ذِي حُدَّانَ حَدَّثَنِي مَنْ

سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا يَقُولُ سَمَّى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْحَرْبَ خَدْعَةً