The Shaykh mentioned a discussion that took place between him and one of the Qadiyans regarding the issue of the absolute prohibition of lying, and his refutation of some of their doubts concerning this issue.

The Shaykh : And I recall, on an occasion like this, a discussion that took place between me and one of the Qadiyans in Damascus. These people claim that lying is absolutely forbidden, and they use this to attack some of the authentic hadiths narrated in "Sahih al-Bukhari" and others. Among them is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): . They said: I seek refuge in Allah. Allah describes Ibrahim (peace be upon him) as: "And he was a truthful one with Allah." I think this is the verse about Ibrahim?
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The Shaykh: No, no.
The student : .

The Shaykh : Yes.
The student : .

The Shaykh : They said: I seek refuge in Allah. How can such a hadith be valid, when Allah (Mighty and Majestic) explicitly describes Ibrahim in the Noble Qur'an as: "And he was..."?
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The Shaykh : .
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The Shaykh : Ah, !
The student: Yes.

The Shaykh : So I entered into a discussion with him. In truth, it had a tone of gentleness, and it contained jurisprudence, or you might call it philosophy, but it is beautiful, as you will see. I said to this Qadiyani: "Is lying forbidden because it is composed of three letters: kaf, dhal, ba? And is truth obligatory because it is composed of three other letters: sad, dhal, qaf? This is because lying leads to harm and corruption on earth, while truth leads to reform?" They said: "That is so." I said: "What if the place of kaf, dhal, ba was taken by sad, dhal, qaf? Would you say that it is a lie that is not permissible? And the reverse is the reverse: if what follows sad, dhal, qaf is what usually follows kaf, dhal, ba, would you say that it is obligatory?" I gave him an example that used to happen there in Syria, when Syria was occupied by France, and when you, unfortunately, were all occupied by Britain. A Syrian revolution rose up against France. The revolutionaries, as some of the so-called Islamic revolutionaries do today against their governments, would attack on a moonless night and throw grenades at the French police, whom they called there "gendarmerie," a Turkish word. So when these revolutionaries would attack, they would throw the grenade or grenades and then flee. As usual, the police would spread out searching for these people, knocking on doors and asking: "Do you have any of these revolutionaries with you?" The Qadiyani said: "He must say: Yes." Hahaha, why? Because truth is obligatory, and lying is not permissible. When I explained to him truth and lying in this way, the man was silenced. My point is that lying is originally forbidden, but it is permissible as mentioned in the hadiths cited earlier, and it is permissible on the condition that this lie does not spread and does not deceive the person lied to. Here we mention the hadith of Abdullah ibn Umar ibn al-As, when he was in the presence of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) and heard the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) say: . A man from the ordinary Companions entered, and this Prophetic statement stuck in his heart: that this man is from the people of Paradise. When they left, he followed the man and pretended that there was a disagreement between him and his father, so this disagreement led him to flee from his father's house and he wanted to spend the night with him. He wanted to see if he stands in night prayer? Does he fast during the day? Or by what did he deserve this news that he is a man from the people of Paradise? He spent that night with him. When morning came, he saw that the man was an ordinary person; he did not stand in night prayer nor fast during the day. So he permitted him and revealed his lie to him. The point here is: no corruption whatsoever resulted from it. He said: "I only did this in reality to see what you do, until the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) testified for you that you are a man from the people of Paradise." He said to him: "By Allah, I have nothing except that I spend the night and I do not carry in my heart any grudge against any Muslim."
The student : Against any of the Muslims.

The Shaykh : Ah, he said to him: "Then by this, the point is such a story, and it is very wonderful. This man lied, but he lied and his lie was revealed, and nothing resulted from it except that he was able to spend the night with a man to know that this character, 'that there is no hatred or envy or the like in his heart against the Muslims,' is worthy of a Muslim, if of course he fears Allah (Mighty and Majestic) in other matters, to enter Paradise. So we must maintain the principles and rules: truth is obligatory and lying is forbidden, but this is permissible sometimes out of necessity, and sometimes for a benefit that cannot be achieved by any other means. As for expanding the circle today, this is from the innovations of the parties existing on the face of the earth today, unfortunately.