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مصنف ابن ابي شيبه
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
كتاب الأدب
Book of Manners
من كره المعاريض، ومن كان يحب ذلك
Those who disliked indirect speech, and those who liked it
Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 27776 — Those who disliked indirect speech
٢٧٧٧٦ - حدثنا معاذ بن معاذ (عن) (١) التيمي عن أبي عثمان قال: قال عمر: إن في المعاريض ما يكف أو يعف الرجل عن (الكذب) (٢) (٣).
Abu Uthman said that Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Indirect speech (tawriyah) protects a man from lying," or he said: "It restrains him from lying."
