Jami at-Tirmidhi

Hadith 1675

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What Has Been Related About The Permission To Lie And Be Deceitful In War

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Darussalam · Volume 3

21. The Chapters On Jihād From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺ

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الجزء: 3 ¦ الصفحة: 302

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1675. Jābir bin 'Abdullāh narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "War is deceit." (Sahīh) [Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Alī, Zaid bin Thābit, 'Aishah, Ibn 'Abbās, Abū Hurairah, Asmā' bint Yazīd bin As-Sakan, Ka'b bin Mālik, and Anas bin Mālik. This Hadīth is Hasan Sahīh.

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١٦٧٥ - حَدَّثَنَا ‌أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ ‌وَنَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ‌سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ ، عَنْ ‌عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ سَمِعَ ‌جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ يَقُولُ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ» وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ، وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ، وَعَائِشَةَ، وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ السَّكَنِ، وَكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، وَأَنَسٍ. وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ.

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The Arabic word 'Khad'ah' means a hidden plan or strategy. Similarly, Tawriyah (equivocation) is also a manner of speech in which the speaker, although he does not lie, deliberately uses ambiguous words so that the addressee gets a different meaning from the one intended by the speaker.