Is it permissible for a peacemaker to lie if the people do not believe him?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Lying is permissible in making peace between people, but some of the people we try to reconcile, when we tell one of them, "So-and-so speaks well of you and loves you," he says to me, "Say it by Allah, or swear to it." Is it permissible for me to swear?
Answer:
No, do not swear, do not swear. If he does not believe it, leave it. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: Lying is permissible in making peace between people, but some of the people we try to reconcile, when we tell one of them, "So-and-so speaks well of you and loves you," he says to me, "Say it by Allah, or swear to it." Is it permissible for me to swear?
Answer:
No, do not swear, do not swear. If he does not believe it, leave it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [347 -582] هل يجوز للمصلح بين الناس أن يحلف كذبا إذا لم يصدقوه؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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