What is the ruling on using indirect speech?
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The questioner : What is the ruling on using indirect speech?
The Shaykh : If indirect speech is used against an oppressor, it is forbidden. For example, if a person claims a right against him and says, "You owe me a thousand riyals," and he says, "By Allah, I do not owe you a thousand riyals," intending by "do not" the meaning of "I do owe you a thousand riyals," this is not permissible.
Second: If the indirect speech is to save a protected person from destruction, it is obligatory.
Third: If it is for a benefit or a need, it is permissible according to the benefit and the need.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The need was so that they could kill this man, and they reassured him that they had not followed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a way that would reassure them.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, this man was a nobleman of his people, so that they might come to him through deception so that they could get hold of him.
The Shaykh : If indirect speech is used against an oppressor, it is forbidden. For example, if a person claims a right against him and says, "You owe me a thousand riyals," and he says, "By Allah, I do not owe you a thousand riyals," intending by "do not" the meaning of "I do owe you a thousand riyals," this is not permissible.
Second: If the indirect speech is to save a protected person from destruction, it is obligatory.
Third: If it is for a benefit or a need, it is permissible according to the benefit and the need.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : The need was so that they could kill this man, and they reassured him that they had not followed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a way that would reassure them.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, this man was a nobleman of his people, so that they might come to him through deception so that they could get hold of him.