The Ruling on Lying for the Sake of Benefit Between Spouses
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Question:
Ali Salem from Somalia says: My question to the Honorable Shaykh is that sometimes, after visiting my mother and returning to my wife’s house, I tell my wife that my mother always praises her and speaks to her with good words and kind speech, when she did not say that. And the same is the reverse: when I go to my mother, I say the same thing. Is this considered lying? And am I sinful?
Answer:
This is lying for the sake of benefit, so it is permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
Ali Salem from Somalia says: My question to the Honorable Shaykh is that sometimes, after visiting my mother and returning to my wife’s house, I tell my wife that my mother always praises her and speaks to her with good words and kind speech, when she did not say that. And the same is the reverse: when I go to my mother, I say the same thing. Is this considered lying? And am I sinful?
Answer:
This is lying for the sake of benefit, so it is permissible. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نورعلى الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7517 — youtube.com (9:19)
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