Explanation of the hadith of Umm Kulthum, the daughter of 'Uqbah ibn Abi Mu'ayt (may Allah be pleased with them): (The liar is not the one who reconciles people by saying good or intending good)

The Shaykh : Therefore, he cited under this chapter a hadith with its authentic chain of narration. It is narrated from Humayd ibn 'Abd al-Rahman that his mother, Umm Kulthum, the daughter of 'Uqbah ibn Abi Mu'ayt, informed him that she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: . This refers to the one who adds to the words when conveying them from one person to another for the sake of reconciliation. However, this extra speech that he conveyed, which has no basis, is praise for the person to whom the speech was conveyed, and his purpose behind it is reconciliation between the two. So this speech, even if it were a fabricated lie, is not forbidden; that is, it is not of the forbidden lies. Although the original ruling for any speech that contradicts reality and constitutes a lie is that it is forbidden. There are many, and very many, hadiths warning the Muslim against making a habit of lying in his speech, even though this is forbidden. Many of the forbidden things have exceptions because there are benefits that follow from these exceptions. Just as what came in this hadith: "The liar is not the one who reconciles people by conveying good and increasing good." This is because Allah (Mighty and Majestic) forbade lying because of the many harms and damages that follow from it. On the contrary, truthfulness was commanded because many benefits for people follow from it. If the situation is reversed in some matters, such that truthfulness results in what usually results from lying, then at that time truthfulness takes on the ruling of lying, and this truthfulness becomes forbidden. And on the contrary, if lying results in what usually results from truthfulness, the ruling of lying takes on the ruling of truthfulness. That is, at that time, this is obligatory. All of this must be considered in light of the objectives of the Shari'ah.