Attributing lying for the sake of benefit to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ

Question

What do the scholars of religion and the muftis of the firm Shariʿa say on this matter: a man named ʿAbd al-Wahid said to his son-in-law, “I will not marry off the girl in Kanpur district.” Then, a few days later, he married off the said girl in the said district. People objected to him: “You swore while sitting in the mosque that you would not marry off the girl in the said district; so why did you do it?” To this the said ʿAbd al-Wahid replied: “When there is a benefit (maslaha)

Answer

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was “Sadiq Amin,” that is, truthful and trustworthy. Even before the descent of revelation he never uttered a single untrue word with his blessed tongue, and even his fiercest opponents and enemies acknowledged this.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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