English translation
2212. It was reported from Hishām, from Muḥammad, from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ, that (Prophet) Ibrāhīm never lied except thrice: Twice for the sake of Allāh, when he said: I am feeling sick[1] and when he said, 'Rather, the largest of them did it.'[2] And (the third) was when he was travelling through a land that was ruled by a tyrant. When he camped, the tyrant was approached and told: "A man has camped here with a woman who is of the most beautiful of mankind." So the
tyrant called for him and asked him about her, to which he replied, "She is my sister." When he returned, he said: "He asked me about you, and I told him that you are my sister, and there is no Muslim today besides you and me, and you are my sister according to the Book of Allāh, so do not make (him think) that I was lying." And he quoted the remainder of the narration. (Sāḥih)
Abū Dāwūd said: Shu'āib bin Abī Ḥamzah reported this narration from Abū Az-Zinād, from Al-A'raj, from Abū Hurairah, from the Prophet ﷺ, similarly.
Arabic text
2212 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " أَنَّ إِبْرَاهِيمَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكْذِبْ قَطُّ، إِلَّا ثَلَاثًا: ثِنْتَانِ فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: قَوْلُهُ: {إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ} [الصافات: 89]، وَقَوْلُهُ: {بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَذَا} [الأنبياء: 63]، وَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ يَسِيرُ فِي أَرْضِ جَبَّارٍ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ إِذْ نَزَلَ مَنْزِلًا، فَأُتِيَ الْجَبَّارُ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ: إِنَّهُ نَزَلَ هَاهُنَا رَجُلٌ مَعَهُ امْرَأَةٌ هِيَ أَحْسَنُ النَّاسِ، قَالَ : فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْهَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهَا أُخْتِي، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَيْهَا، قَالَ: إِنَّ هَذَا سَأَلَنِي عَنْكِ فَأَنْبَأْتُهُ أَنَّكِ أُخْتِي، وَإِنَّهُ لَيْسَ الْيَوْمَ مُسْلِمٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُكِ، وَإِنَّكِ أُخْتِي فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ، فَلَا تُكَذِّبِينِي عِنْدَهُ "، وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: رَوَى هَذَا الْخَبَرَ شُعَيْبُ بْنُ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَحْوَهُ
