How is tawriyah (euphemistic ambiguity) to be conducted so that a person does not lie to the one he is speaking to?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: How is tawriyah to be conducted so that a person does not lie to the one he is speaking to?
Answer:
You have previously stated that tawriyah has three types. If a person is being wronged, he may resort to tawriyah to escape the injustice. For example, if someone asks him about a person, he might say, "He is not here," meaning he is not in this specific place, while intending a particular location. This is tawriyah.
He says: "Here is the money. This is not mine. This money belongs so-and-so," so that the wrongdoer does not take it. This tawriyah is permissible because it allows him to escape injustice. However, if the situation is reversed, and the one using tawriyah is the wrongdoer seeking to take the right of another, this is forbidden and not permissible. The third case is when neither party is wronging the other; in this case, it is better to avoid tawriyah, because tawriyah is lying, and avoiding it is certainly better. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner asks: How is tawriyah to be conducted so that a person does not lie to the one he is speaking to?
Answer:
You have previously stated that tawriyah has three types. If a person is being wronged, he may resort to tawriyah to escape the injustice. For example, if someone asks him about a person, he might say, "He is not here," meaning he is not in this specific place, while intending a particular location. This is tawriyah.
He says: "Here is the money. This is not mine. This money belongs so-and-so," so that the wrongdoer does not take it. This tawriyah is permissible because it allows him to escape injustice. However, if the situation is reversed, and the one using tawriyah is the wrongdoer seeking to take the right of another, this is forbidden and not permissible. The third case is when neither party is wronging the other; in this case, it is better to avoid tawriyah, because tawriyah is lying, and avoiding it is certainly better. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [74 -954] كيف تكون التورية بحيث لا يكون الإنسان كاذبًا على الذي يُكلمه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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