How do we understand the hadith (The liar is not the one who says good or does good) given that you affirm in many of your tapes that the principle (the end justifies the means)
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The questioner : We often hear you in your tapes rejecting the principle that the end justifies the means and clarifying that it is a principle of disbelief, but there is a hadith in the Sunnah that seems to indicate the permissibility of this principle, or at least in some aspects in some cases, which is the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 385 and the hadith is in Sahih al-Jami'.
The Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : So how do we understand this hadith? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : This hadith does not go beyond the jurisprudence it contains and it does not support the Zionist principle that the end justifies the means, meaning that whatever the means, even if it contradicts the Shari'ah, because those who established this principle did not establish it with regard to a hadith like this. So now, we are standing with you at this hadith: does the hadith permit the Muslim to lie whenever he sees a benefit in his lying?
The questioner : It permits him only.
The Shaykh : There is no "fa" here, it is "sin jim" as you asked, I answer you, you also have to answer if you are asked.
The questioner: It does not permit lying.
The Shaykh : So where is the principle and where is the hadith?
The questioner : But lying is forbidden by the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : I know, may Allah bless you, you do not say now that the night is a light because we see the light. Lying is forbidden. Why do you return to the hadith? I say, is this forbidden lying made permissible by the principle that you claimed is supported by this hadith, or not?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : By the principle, by the principle, not by the hadith. Does the principle that the end justifies the means not support lying at every benefit?
The questioner: Yes, it supports it.
The Shaykh: Does the hadith support that?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So you differ, may Allah bless you.
Someone who makes peace between people by saying something good or relates something good is not a liar.
ليس الكذاب بالذي يصلح بين الناس فيقول خيرًا أو ينمي خيراThe Shaykh : Yes, exactly.
The questioner : So how do we understand this hadith? May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : This hadith does not go beyond the jurisprudence it contains and it does not support the Zionist principle that the end justifies the means, meaning that whatever the means, even if it contradicts the Shari'ah, because those who established this principle did not establish it with regard to a hadith like this. So now, we are standing with you at this hadith: does the hadith permit the Muslim to lie whenever he sees a benefit in his lying?
The questioner : It permits him only.
The Shaykh : There is no "fa" here, it is "sin jim" as you asked, I answer you, you also have to answer if you are asked.
The questioner: It does not permit lying.
The Shaykh : So where is the principle and where is the hadith?
The questioner : But lying is forbidden by the Shari'ah.
The Shaykh : I know, may Allah bless you, you do not say now that the night is a light because we see the light. Lying is forbidden. Why do you return to the hadith? I say, is this forbidden lying made permissible by the principle that you claimed is supported by this hadith, or not?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : By the principle, by the principle, not by the hadith. Does the principle that the end justifies the means not support lying at every benefit?
The questioner: Yes, it supports it.
The Shaykh: Does the hadith support that?
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : So you differ, may Allah bless you.
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