The Prohibition of Lying in Jokes and Anecdotes
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Is it permissible to lie in jokes?
It is not permissible to lie in jokes, as they say; because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or at least with a good chain of narration, that he said: (Woe to the one who narrates a story and lies in it to make the people laugh, woe to him! Then woe to him!) And this indicates that it is not permissible; because the threat of woe is among the evidence for the prohibition of an act.
It is not permissible to lie in jokes, as they say; because it is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), or at least with a good chain of narration, that he said: (Woe to the one who narrates a story and lies in it to make the people laugh, woe to him! Then woe to him!) And this indicates that it is not permissible; because the threat of woe is among the evidence for the prohibition of an act.