The Ruling on Tawriyah in Speech When There Is a Need
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Question:
Sometimes a call comes for one of the colleagues, and the colleague says, "Just a moment, let me see if he is there or not." The other person gets up from the desk and says, "He is not at the desk right now." Is this considered lying or tawriyah?
Answer:
If he is truthful, it is not lying; that is, he speaks while the person is not there.
Q: Does he leave the desk so that he can say he is not there?
The Shaykh: This falls under the category of tawriyah, like what is narrated about Ahmad when he was asked about al-Marwazi. He said, "Al-Marwazi is not here; al-Marwazi is not in his place of comfort; al-Marwazi."
Q: So there is no problem?
The Shaykh: Ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is fine when there is a need for it. Or he might say, "He is in the house, not here," meaning he is not in the gathering where he is, or not in the place where he is, when there is a need. Otherwise, it should not be done.
Sometimes a call comes for one of the colleagues, and the colleague says, "Just a moment, let me see if he is there or not." The other person gets up from the desk and says, "He is not at the desk right now." Is this considered lying or tawriyah?
Answer:
If he is truthful, it is not lying; that is, he speaks while the person is not there.
Q: Does he leave the desk so that he can say he is not there?
The Shaykh: This falls under the category of tawriyah, like what is narrated about Ahmad when he was asked about al-Marwazi. He said, "Al-Marwazi is not here; al-Marwazi is not in his place of comfort; al-Marwazi."
Q: So there is no problem?
The Shaykh: Ta'wil (figurative interpretation) is fine when there is a need for it. Or he might say, "He is in the house, not here," meaning he is not in the gathering where he is, or not in the place where he is, when there is a need. Otherwise, it should not be done.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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