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(3). 3166. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Ibrāhīm, peace be upon him, did not lie about anything at all – except for three: 'Verily I am sick'[1] while he was not sick. And his saying about Sārah: 'She is my sister' and his saying: 'Nay, this one, the biggest of them did it.'"[2] (Sāhīh)
[It has been reported through more than one route from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ without mentioning, it is Gharīb as a narration of Ibn Ishāq from Abū Az-Zinād].[3]
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Sāhīh.
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Ibrāhīm regarded the use of the equivocation and ambiguous words unsuitable to his dignity and virtuousness; his real aim of considering the equivocation, from himself, as a lie was in fact to make an apology to those who requested his intercession. Therefore he branded the equivocation and use of ambiguous words by himself a lie. According to the people the word Saqīm (sick) means he was physically sick, whereas he ﷺ meant that he was
worried, concerned and sick of their idolatry; if he attended the festival with them, his worry, distress and sadness would increase even more. As for the matter of Sārah, she was his sister according to the religious brotherhood, which he himself had told her. 'No, the biggest of them did it' was his scoffing and laughing at their foolish attitude. Why do you not ask the idols, if they can speak, they themselves will tell the story!
