«لم يكذب إبراهيم إلا ثلاث كذبات: ثنتين منهن في ذات الله قوله: {إِنِّي سَقِيمٌ} وقوله: {بَلْ فَعَلَهُ كَبِيرُهُمْ هَذَا} وبينما هو ذات يوم وسارة إذ أتى على جبار من الجبابرة فقيل له: إن هاهنا رجلا معه امرأة من أحسن الناس فأرسل إليه فسأله عنها فقال: من هذه؟ قال: أختي فأتى سارة فقال: يا سارة ليس على وجه الأرض مؤمن غيري وغيرك وإن هذا سألني فأخبرته أنك أختي فلا تكذبيني فأرسل إليها فلما دخلت عليه ذهب يتنأولها بيده فأخذ فقال: ادعي الله لي ولا أضرك فدعت الله فأطلق ثم تناولها ثانية فأخذ مثلها أو أشد فقال: ادعي الله لي ولا أضرك فدعت فأطلق فدعا بعض حجبته فقال: إنك لم تأتني بإنسان! إنما أتيتني بشيطان! فأخدمها هاجر فأتته وهو قائم يصلي فأومأ بيده مهيا؟ قالت: رد الله كيد الفاجر في نحره وأخدم هاجر»
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"Ibrahim (peace be upon him) told only three lies, two of them for the sake of Allah: his saying, 'I am sick,' and his saying, 'Rather, this biggest of them did it.' And one day Ibrahim and Sarah were travelling when they came upon one of the tyrants, and he was told: 'Here is a man who has with him a most beautiful woman.' He sent for Ibrahim and asked him about her, saying: 'Who is this?' He said: 'She is my sister.' Then Ibrahim came to Sarah and said: 'O Sarah, there is no believer on the face of the earth besides me and you, and this man asked me about you and I told him that you are my sister, so do not contradict me.' Then he sent for Sarah, and when she went in to him, he began to reach out his hand towards her, and he was seized. He said: 'Pray to Allah for me and I will not harm you.' Sarah prayed to Allah and he was released. Then he reached out his hand towards her a second time and was seized as before or even more severely. He said: 'Pray to Allah for me and I will not harm you.' Sarah prayed and he was released. Then he called one of his gatekeepers and said: 'You have not brought me a human being; you have brought me a devil!' Then he gave her Hajar to serve her. Sarah came to Ibrahim while he was standing in prayer, and he asked with a gesture of his hand: 'What happened?' Sarah said: 'Allah has turned the scheme of the wicked man back upon his own throat, and has given me Hajar to serve me.'"
Hadith Referenceصحیح الجامع الصغیر / حرف اللام / 5202
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:صحيح
Hadith Takhrij[حم ق] عن أبي هريرة. مختصر مسلم ١٦٠٩.