حَدَّثَنَا الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْجِيزِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَسْوَدِ عَنْ نَافِعٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ يَزِيدَ عَنْ ابْنِ الْهَادِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ الْوَهَّابِ بْنَ أَبِي بَکْرٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أُمِّهِ أُمِّ کُلْثُومٍ بِنْتِ عُقْبَةَ قَالَتْ مَا سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُرَخِّصُ فِي شَيْئٍ مِنْ الْکَذِبِ إِلَّا فِي ثَلَاثٍ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا أَعُدُّهُ کَاذِبًا الرَّجُلُ يُصْلِحُ بَيْنَ النَّاسِ يَقُولُ الْقَوْلَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِهِ إِلَّا الْإِصْلَاحَ وَالرَّجُلُ يَقُولُ فِي الْحَرْبِ وَالرَّجُلُ يُحَدِّثُ امْرَأَتَهُ وَالْمَرْأَةُ تُحَدِّثُ زَوْجَهَا
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4921
Umm Kulthum, daughter of Uqbah, said: I did not hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ giving licence for anything people say falsely except in three matters. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would say: I do not count liar a man who puts things right between people, saying a word by which he intends only putting things right, and a man who says something in war, and a man who says something to his wife says something to his husband.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020