حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ ح و حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ ح و حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ شَبُّوَيْهِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ لَمْ يَکْذِبْ مَنْ نَمَی بَيْنَ اثْنَيْنِ لِيُصْلِحَ وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَمُسَدَّدٌ لَيْسَ بِالْکَاذِبِ مَنْ أَصْلَحَ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ فَقَالَ خَيْرًا أَوْ نَمَی خَيْرًا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4920
Humaid bin Abdur-Rahman quoted his mother as saying: The Prophet ﷺ said: He who forged in order to put things right between two persons did not lie. The version by Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Musaddad has: The liar is not the one who puts things right between people, saying what is good and increasing good.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020