The ruling on one who denies seeing something he saw
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Question:
His final question says that one of the brothers asked him, saying: Did you see this thing? I saw it, but I said, “I did not see this thing,” even though I saw it. Is this considered lying?
Answer:
This is lying. You should seek forgiveness from Allah and not return to something like this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
His final question says that one of the brothers asked him, saying: Did you see this thing? I saw it, but I said, “I did not see this thing,” even though I saw it. Is this considered lying?
Answer:
This is lying. You should seek forgiveness from Allah and not return to something like this. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «مكة و المدينة»، 13 / فتاوى على الهواء - 20 04 1438هـ _ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (37:55)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.