What is the ruling on swearing by Allah falsely to protect a person's feelings?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
What is the ruling on swearing by Allah falsely to protect a person's feelings?
Answer:
Lying is not permissible in the first place; lying is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said that lying with an oath is more severe. Allah the Exalted said in describing the hypocrites:[Al-Mujadila 58:14]. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sunan Ibn Majah 2101Da'if (Darussalam), thereby emphasizing the oath by Allah the Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
What is the ruling on swearing by Allah falsely to protect a person's feelings?
Answer:
Lying is not permissible in the first place; lying is not permissible. Allah the Exalted said that lying with an oath is more severe. Allah the Exalted said in describing the hypocrites:
and they swear to untruth while they know [they are lying].
وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى الْكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَWhoever makes an oath by Allah, let him fulfill his oath, and if an oath is sworn for a person by Allah, let him accept it.
مَنْ حَلَفَ بِاللَّهِ فَلْيَصْدُقْ وَمَنْ حُلِفَ لَهُ بِاللَّهِ فَلْيَرْضَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 1423 - ما حكم الحلف بالله كاذبا حفاظا على مشاعر الشخص؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.