The situations in which it is permissible for a person to lie

Question:
May Allah reward you and make your knowledge beneficial. The sender, Ali Abdullah from Al-Aflaj, says: What is the praiseworthy lie and what is the blameworthy lie? And is it correct when some people say, "This is a white lie"? Please give us a ruling, may Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
The default ruling on lying is that it is blameworthy and forbidden. Allah the Exalted said: . And He the Exalted said: "And who is more unjust than one who invents a lie about Allah or denies His signs?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A man will keep on telling the truth and striving for truthfulness until he is recorded with Allah as one who tells the truth" . So lying is blameworthy, but an exception is made for lying when there is a stronger benefit, such as lying in war, because war is deception, as the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. Another example is lying to reconcile people, where you come to two people who have enmity and misunderstanding between them and you bring them closer together, even if it is by lying that affects them. You tell one of them, "So-and-so loves you, speaks well of you, and desires reconciliation with you," then you go to the other party and say the same to him until they become friendly and draw closer to each other. This is lying for the sake of the benefit of reconciling people. The third type is a husband or wife lying to each other in order to improve their relationship. These three types of lying are permissible because of the stronger benefits they contain. As for anything other than that, lying is forbidden and a major sin among the major sins, may Allah protect us from it. Yes.