He says: If I travel from one country to another and there is a police checkpoint on the way that requests a search, and my wife is with me, but she is not listed in my nationality, and my brother and his wife are with me, and his wife is listed but he is not, is it permissible for my brother to say, "This is my wife," until we pass this checkpoint?

The questioner : He says: If I travel from one country to another and there is a police checkpoint on the way that requests a search, and my wife is with me, but she is not listed in my nationality, and my brother and his wife are with me, and his wife is listed but he is not, is it permissible for my brother to say, "This is my wife," until we pass this checkpoint?

The Shaykh : I actually want to askThe questioner : If he says, "This is my brother's wife," is he being truthful in that? Of course, he will say: No, I am not being truthful.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : So he is lying, and lying is forbidden. Then I ask him a second time: Is it permissible for one who is under the authority of the one in authority to deceive the one in authority and mislead him and inform him of something contrary to reality, even though the one in authority has only legislated laws that do not contradict the Shari'ah because he believes there is a benefit for the people in them? Is it permissible for one of these people to deceive the one in authority and mislead him and inform him of something contrary to reality in order to achieve his goals? Of course, the answer is no.
So these are two harms: lying and deceiving the one in authority.

The questioner : Which is the state.

The Shaykh : Which is the state.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Therefore, we say: It is not permissible. Rather, it is obligatory for him to include his wife in his ID and then travel with her.

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : Yes.