عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمْ يَكْذِبْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِلَّا ثَلَاثَ كَذِبَاتٍ قَوْلُهُ حِينَ دُعِيَ إِلَى آلِهَتِهِمْ {إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ} [الصافات: 89] وَقَوْلُهُ {فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَذَا} [الأنبياء: 63] وَقَوْلُهُ لِسَارَةَ إِنَّهَا أُخْتِي قَالَ وَدَخَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ قَرْيَةً فِيهَا مَلِكٌ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ أَوْ جَبَّارٌ مِنَ الْجَبَابِرَةِ فَقِيلَ دَخَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ اللَّيْلَةَ بِامْرَأَةٍ مِنْ أَحْسَنِ النَّاسِ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَلِكُ أَوِ الْجَبَّارُ مَنْ هَذِهِ مَعَكَ قَالَ أُخْتِي قَالَ أَرْسِلْ بِهَا قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ بِهَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ لَهَا لَا تُكَذِّبِي قَوْلِي فَإِنِّي أَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَّكِ أُخْتِي إِنْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مُؤْمِنٌ غَيْرِي وَغَيْرُكِ قَالَ فَلَمَّا دَخَلَتْ إِلَيْهِ قَامَ إِلَيْهَا قَالَ فَأَقْبَلَتْ تَوَضَّأُ وَتُصَلِّي وَتَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي آمَنْتُ بِكَ وَبِرَسُولِكَ وَأَحْصَنْتُ فَرْجِي إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجِي فَلَا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيَّ الْكَافِرَ قَالَ فَغُطَّ حَتَّى رَكَضَ بِرِجْلِهِ قَالَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ يَمُتْ يُقَلْ هِيَ قَتَلَتْهُ قَالَ فَأُرْسِلَ ثُمَّ قَامَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَامَتْ تَوَضَّأُ وَتُصَلِّي وَتَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنِّي آمَنْتُ بِكَ وَبِرَسُولِكَ وَأَحْصَنْتُ فَرْجِي إِلَّا عَلَى زَوْجِي فَلَا تُسَلِّطْ عَلَيَّ الْكَافِرَ قَالَ فَغُطَّ حَتَّى رَكَضَ بِرِجْلِهِ قَالَ أَبُو الزِّنَادِ قَالَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ يَمُتْ يُقَلْ إِنَّهَا قَتَلَتْهُ قَالَ فَأَرْسَلَ فَقَالَ فِي الثَّالِثَةِ وَالرَّابِعَةِ مَا أَرْسَلْتُمْ إِلَيَّ إِلَّا شَيْطَانًا ارْجَعُوهَا إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَأَعْطُوهَا هَاجَرَ قَالَ فَرَجَعَتْ فَقَالَتْ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ أَشَعَرْتَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَدَّ كَيْدَ الْكَافِرِ وَأَخْدَمَ وَلِيدَةً
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Ibrahim (peace be upon him) told only three lies: (1) When his people called him towards their false deities, he said: I am sick; (2) After breaking the idols, he said: The biggest of them has done this; and (3) He said about his wife, Sayyidah Sarah (may Allah have mercy on her): Indeed, she is my sister. The detail of the last incident is as follows: Ibrahim (peace be upon him) entered a town in which there was a king or a tyrant ruler. It was reported to him that tonight Ibrahim has entered our town with an extremely beautiful woman. He summoned him and then asked: Who is this with you? He said: She is my sister. He said: Send her to me. So he sent her to him and said: Do not belie me; I have told him that you are my sister (therefore, you must also present yourself as my sister), for there is no believer on earth besides me and you. When Sayyidah (may Allah have mercy on her) entered upon him, he approached her. She performed ablution, offered prayer, and said: O Allah! If You know that I have believed in You and Your Messenger, and have protected my chastity except from my husband, then do not give this disbeliever power over me. As a result of this supplication, he began to gasp and started striking his feet on the ground. Seeing this situation, Sayyidah said: O Allah! If he dies, it will be said that this woman killed him. So his condition was relieved, and he again stood up towards her. Sayyidah again performed ablution, offered prayer, and said: O Allah! If You know that I have believed in You and Your Messenger, and have protected my chastity except from my husband, then do not give this disbeliever power over me. The king again began to gasp and started striking his feet on the ground. Sayyidah said: O Allah! If he dies, it will be said that this woman killed him. So his condition was relieved. He said for the third or fourth time: You people have sent a devil to me; return her to Ibrahim and give her Hajar as a maid. So she returned and said to Ibrahim (peace be upon him): Do you know that Allah Almighty has repelled the plot of the disbeliever and has also given a maid for service?