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1939. Asmā’ bint Yazīd narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: “It is not lawful to lie except in three cases: Something the man tells his wife to please her, to lie during war, and to lie in order to bring peace between the people.” (Sahih)
In his narration, Maḥmūd (a narrator in the chain) said: “There is no benefit in lying except in three cases”
We do not know of this Hadīth to be a narration of Asmā’ except through the route of Ibn Khuthaim. Dāwūd bin Abī Hind narrated this Hadīth from Shahr bin Hawshab from the Prophet ﷺ, and he did not mention “from Asmā’” in it. That was narrated to us by Muḥammad bin Al-‘Alā’ (who
said): "Ibn Abī Zā'idah narrated to us from Dāwud bin Abī Hind." And there is something on this topic from Abū Bakr, may Allāh be pleased with him.
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Commentary
The word Kadhb (literally, lie) refers to any case wherein what was stated is not true, intentionally or otherwise, a clear falsehood or dissimulation or double-entendre i.e., a speech having two possible meanings, one of which would only be evident after a little bit of deep thinking.
