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Muslim scholars teach that Muslims should generally be truthful to each other, unless the purpose of lying is to smooth over differences. There are two forms of lying to non-believers that are permitted under certain circumstances... TAQIYYA and KITMAN. These circumstances are typically those that advance the cause Islam - in some cases by gaining the trust of non-believers in order to draw out their vulnerability and defeat them. The Quran: Quran (16:106) - Establishes that there are circumstances that can compel a Muslim to tell a lie. Quran (3:28) - This verse tells Muslims not to take those outside the faith as friends, unless it is to guard themselves. Quran (9:3) - ...Allah and His Messenger are free from liability to the idolaters... The dissolution of oaths with the pagans who remained at Mecca following its capture. They did nothing wrong, but were evicted anyway. Quran (40:28) - A man is introduced as a believer, but one who must hide his faith among those who are not believers. Quran (2:225) - Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for the intention in your hearts The context of this remark is marriage, which explains why Sharia allows spouses to lie to each other for the greater good. Quran (66:2) - Allah has already ordained for you, (O men), the dissolution of your oaths Quran (3:54) - And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers. The Arabic word used here for scheme (or plot) ismakara, which literally means deceit. If Allah is supremely deceitful toward unbelievers, then there is little basis for denying that Muslims are allowed to do the same. (See also 8:30 and 10:21) Taken collectively these verses are interpreted to mean that there are circumstances when a Muslim may be compelled to deceive others for a greater purpose. From the Hadith: Bukhari (52:269) - The Prophet said, War is deceit. The context of this is thought to be the murder of Usayr ibn Zarim and his thirty unarmed men by Muhammads men after he guaranteed them safe passage (see Additional Notes below). Bukhari (49:857) - He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar. Lying is permitted when the end justifies the means. Bukhari (84:64-65) - Speaking from a position of power at the time, Ali confirms that lying is permissible in order to deceive an enemy. Muslim (32:6303) - ...he did not hear that exemption was granted in anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in battle, for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband (in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them). Bukhari (50:369) - Recounts the murder of a poet, Kab bin al-Ashraf, at Muhammads insistence. The men who volunteered for the assassination used dishonesty to gain Kabs trust, pretending that they had turned against Muhammad. This drew the victim out of his fortress, whereupon he was brutally slaughtered despite putting up a ferocious struggle for his life. From Islamic Law: Reliance of the Traveler (p. 746 - 8.2) - 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... One should compare the bad consequences entailed by lying to those entailed by telling the truth, and if the consequences of telling the truth are more damaging, one is entitled to lie.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 08:19:05 +0000

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