How do you permit lying in jihad, when it is well known that lying is a sin?

The questioner: Professor, once I was asked in Syria, if you remember, if a person shaves his beard in order for it to grow, was your answer: "One does not draw near to Allah through disobedience"? A short answer. So how do we draw near to Allah through jihad by lying?

The Shaykh: We are not drawing near [to Allah], there is a difference!

The questioner: I mean, here the means has become lying, it contains lying!

The Shaykh: Lying is permissible in many authentic texts, and "necessities permit the prohibited," whereas in the case you are quoting from me, and I do not remember it, but fiqh gives this ruling, and I do not need to remember it or not; because what stems from the principles and rules does not accept change or alteration no matter how much time passes and how long it lasts. The important thing is that he commits a forbidden act in order to obtain what is not obligatory upon him. So there is a great difference between this and committing lying, which is forbidden in principle, except for some cases from which a Sharia benefit results without the liar suffering any harm.
And on this occasion = -- and peace be upon you -- = it is fitting that I mention a discussion that took place between me there and some Qadianis. These are disbelievers who have apostatized from the religion due to their deviation from beliefs that are certain among Muslims, including their belief = -- ... -- = among their misguidance is that they deny lying, even if it leads to saving a believing soul from unjust killing. And resulting from their denial is the denial of authentic hadiths; such as his saying - peace and blessings be upon him - : , or or narrations, and every narration has a meaning. Also, that the Messenger - peace and blessings be upon him - granted a dispensation for lying in three cases: a man lying to his wife, reconciliation between two people, and what is the third?

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Yes, they deny such hadiths because of the principle they adopted that lying is absolutely forbidden. Did that lead them to deny a hadith in al-Bukhari? He said - peace and blessings be upon him - : . They said: I seek refuge in Allah, this hadith is not authentic, and this contradicts His saying - the Exalted - - yes - : ; is that not so?

The questioner: Yes.

The Shaykh: You want me to bring it to you.

The questioner : .

The Shaykh: Yes.
The point is: I followed this path with this Qadiani; the speech is actually somewhat philosophical but logical with no refutation. I said to him, and they claim logic and philosophy, I said to him: "Is lying forbidden because it is composed of three letters: 'kaf, dhal, ba'? And truth is obligatory because it is composed of three others: 'sad, dal, qaf'? Or is truth obligatory because of the benefits that result from it, and lying forbidden because of the what? The harms." = -- In the name of Allah -- = The answer was a logical, Sharia-based answer; he said: "Of course, truth is obligatory because of the benefits that result from it, and lying is forbidden because of the harms that result from it." I said to him - here is the point - : "What do you say if what results from 'kaf, dhal, ba' is what usually results from 'sad, dal, qaf'? Do you say it is forbidden, even though what results from it is what results from 'sad, dal, qaf'?" The disbeliever was stunned. The example at that time was that the battles were ongoing between the Syrian revolutionaries and the French, who called them "the Gendarmerie." The Muslim revolutionaries would attack the French police stations, throw a bomb, and flee. The police, the "Gendarmerie" and the "Gendarmerie" as they called them, would chase them. These people would not find a way except to pass through a house to hide in. Soon the door would be knocked on by the French police and those who were hypocrites with them. "Did you let anyone in?" I said to this Qadiani, what do you think? He would say to him: "Yes?" He said: "He says: Yes - here is the point - he says: Yes; why? Lying is forbidden. Okay, we agree that lying is forbidden when harms result from it, and here the harm is in the truth!"
So if "sad, dal, qaf" results in what usually results from "kaf, dhal, ba," it takes the ruling of "kaf, dhal, ba," and vice versa; if what results from "kaf, dhal, ba" is what results from "sad, dal, qaf," it takes the ruling of "sad, dal, qaf." So the reality... the answer is that there is a great difference between one who shaves his beard saying "so it will grow!" He is not obligated...! The man might be a "kusuj," you know what "kusuj" means, it is the one whose beard does not grow like a woman's. He is not obligated to come and do oils or surgical operations or similar things so that it grows. This is how Allah willed to show His servants a sign of the signs of Allah that He is Effective in what He wills, ; so why should this person strain himself to lie? The situation is completely different!