The point of permissibility of false swearing to avert harm from a Muslim
An authority asked somebody to take an oath on the Mus-haf before a certain person. He previously knew that if he told the truth this would bring about harm upon a righteous man. So, he took the oath and gave a false answer. What is the ruling on his oath? What is he required to do?
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It is impermissible for a Muslim to tell a lie unless lying serves a Sharee‘ah interest which cannot be realized except by swearing. Averting harm from a Muslim is a Sharee‘ah-considered interest which makes lying allowable. But it is impermissible for one to lie so long as he could avert harm by means of equivocation and multi-connotative statements since the one who uses equivocation is truthful in what he says. It is narrated on the authority of Hence, there is no blame on this person to tell such a lie and swear to it in order to avert harm from his wronged Muslim brother if this is the only way to achieve this aim. Allaah Knows best.
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