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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الشهادات
Book of Testimonies
باب: : المعاريض فيها مندوحة عن الكذب
Chapter: Indirect speech offers a way out of lying
Bayhaqi 20845 — Indirect speech offers a way out of lying
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أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْكَارِزِيُّ، أنبأ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو عُبَيْدٍ: " الْمَعَارِيضُ أَنْ يُرِيدَ الرَّجُلُ أَنْ يَتَكَلَّمَ بِالْكَلَامِ الَّذِي إِنْ صَرَّحَ بِهِ كَانَ كَذِبًا، فَيُعَارِضَهُ بِكَلَامٍ آخَرَ يُوَافِقُ ذَلِكَ الْكَلَامَ فِي اللَّفْظِ، وَيُخَالِفُهُ فِي الْمَعْنَى، فَيَتَوَهَّمَ السَّامِعُ أَنَّهُ أَرَادَ ذَلِكَ، وَقَوْلُهُ: " مَنْدُوحَةً "، يَعْنِي: سَعَةً وَفُسْحَةً " قَالَ الشَّيْخُ: " وَهَذَا إِنَّمَا يَجُوزُ فِيمَا يَرُدُّ بِهِ ضَرَرًا، وَلَا يَرْجِعُ بِالضَّرَرِ عَلَى غَيْرِهِ، وَأَمَّا فِيمَا يَضُرُّ غَيْرَهُ فَلَا.
Abu Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Indirect speech (tawriyah) is when a man wants to say something which, if he said it plainly, would be a lie, so he uses other words in its place that agree with it in wording but differ from it in meaning, so that the listener imagines he meant that. And mandūhah means: scope and room.
The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is permissible when the aim is to ward off harm, but it is not permissible to bring harm upon others.
The Shaykh (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It is permissible when the aim is to ward off harm, but it is not permissible to bring harm upon others.
