Deception to trick those who deceive people in order to trap them in forbidden matters
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If one knows that a person deceives people to make them fall into forbidden matters, is it permissible to deceive him to trap him?
The Shaykh:
Deceive him in what?
The questioner:
To trap him.
The Shaykh:
Do not deceive him in what he deceives people with, but report him to the one in authority, report him to the governor, report him to the judge, report him to the members of the Committee for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice so that they may prevent him from this. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: If one knows that a person deceives people to make them fall into forbidden matters, is it permissible to deceive him to trap him?
The Shaykh:
Deceive him in what?
The questioner:
To trap him.
The Shaykh:
Do not deceive him in what he deceives people with, but report him to the one in authority, report him to the governor, report him to the judge, report him to the members of the Committee for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice so that they may prevent him from this. Yes.
Source
إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 27-06-1438هـ — af.org.sa (59:09)
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