Qur'an, Hadith and Scholars:Lying and Deception: Difference between revisions

All quotations are taken from authoritative Sunni (i.e. orthodox Islamic) sources, none are taken from Shi'ite sources.

{{Quote|1=[http://www.shafiifiqh.com/maktabah/relianceoftraveller.pdf Reliance of the Traveller: A Classic Manual of Islamic Sacred Law]<BR>Ahmad ibn Naqib al-Misri, Edited and Translated by Nuh Ha Mim Keller (p. 745, r8.2)|2=Imam Abu Hammid Ghazali says: "Speaking is a means to achieve objectives. If a praiseworthy aim is attainable through both telling the truth and lying, it is unlawful to accomplish through lying because there is no need for it. When it is possible to achieve such an aim by lying but not by telling the truth, '''it is permissible to lie if attaining the goal is permissible''' (N:i.e. when the purpose of lying is to circumvent someone who is preventing one from doing something permissible), '''and obligatory to lie if the goal is obligatory'''... it is religiously precautionary in all cases to employ words that give a misleading impression..."}}

{{Quote|1=[http://kitaabun.com/shopping3/product_info.php?products_id=2808 Jami' al-Bayan 'an ta'wil ayi'l-Qur'an al-Ma'ruf: Tafsir at-Tabari]<BR>Abu Ja'far Muhammad at-Tabari, Beirut: Dar Ihya' at-Turath al-'Arabi, 2001 (vol. 3, p. 267)|2=If you [Muslims] are under their [infidels'] authority, fearing for yourselves, '''behave loyally to them, with your tongue, while harboring inner animosity for them'''. … Allah has forbidden believers from being friendly or on intimate terms with the infidels in place of believers — except when infidels are above them [in authority]. In such a scenario, let them act friendly towards them.}}

Again, all quotations are taken from authoritative Sunni (i.e. orthodox Islamic) sources, none are taken from Shi'ite sources.

{{Quote|1=[{{Reference archive|1=http://amjaonline.com/00en_f1_details.php?fid=937|2=2013-04-13}} Lying for repulsing evil]<BR>Dr. Salah Al-Sawy, AMJA Online, Question ID: 937, November 17, 2005|2='''Question:'''

:'''But if a Muslim treats them with kindness and gentleness in the hope that they will become Muslim and will believe, there is nothing wrong with that''', because it comes under the heading of opening their hearts to Islam. But '''if he despairs of them becoming Muslim, then he should treat them accordingly'''. This is something that is discussed in detail by the scholars, especially in the book Ahkaam Ahl al-Dhimmah by Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allaah have mercy on him).

Majmoo’ Fataawa al-Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen, 3, question no. 389.}}

{{Quote|1=[http://islamicstudies.info/maarif/surah3.htm Surah Al-Imran 3:28-30]<BR>Muhammad Shafi Usmani, Maarif ul Quran (p. 57)|2=..the purpose is to stay safe from any possible harm coming through them. The words (“unless you have a fear of them”) appearing in this verse means that…friendship with disbelievers is not permissible '''except''' when you are in a situation where you want to defend yourself against them.}}