1125 - جَوازُ الكَذِبِ فِي الإصلاحِ‏

1125. THE PERMISSIBILITY OF LYING FOR THE SAKE OF RECONCILIATION

3584.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : المُصلِحُ ليسَ بِكاذِبٍ .¹

3584.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The reconciler is not a liar.’²

3585.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : الكلامُ ثلاثةٌ : صِدقٌ وكِذبٌ وإصلاحٌ بينَ الناسِ ... تَسمَعُ مِنَ الرَّجُلِ كلاماً يَبلُغُهُ فَتَخبُثُ نَفسُهُ، فَتَلقاهُ فَتَقُولُ : سَمِعتُ مِن فُلانٍ قالَ فِيكَ مِنَ الخَيرِ كذا وكذا، خِلافَ ما سَمِعتَ مِنهُ .³

3585.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Utterances fall under three categories: the truth, the lie, and reconciliation between people … you may hear a man saying something about someone, which when they come to hear will lead them to feel malice towards the former. [In such a situation] you may instead tell them, ‘I heard x speaking such good things about you’, contrary to what you had heard.’⁴