'Umar said, "A man is reckoned to be lying when he gives voice
to all that he hears." He said, "As for cases of indirect allusion, are
they enough to keep a Muslim from lying?"
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ ثَابِتٍ الْبُنَانِيِّ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي مَسِيرٍ لَهُ، فَحَدَا الْحَادِي، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: ارْفُقْ يَا أَنْجَشَةُ وَيْحَكَ بِالْقَوَارِيرِ.
Anas ibn Malik said, "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, was on one of his journeys and the camel-drive was
chanting (to make the camels move). The Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, 'Gently, Anjasha! Be careful with the glass vessels
(meaning the women).'"
Mutarrif ibn 'Imran ibn ash-Shakhir said, "I accompanied 'Imran
ibn Husayn to Basra. Every day he used to recite poetry to us and he said,
'Indirect allusions give ample scope to avoid lying.'"
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَنْبَسَةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ: قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ زَوْجُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: سَأَلَ نَاسٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنِ الْكُهَّانِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: لَيْسُوا بِشَيْءٍ، فَقَالُوا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، فَإِنَّهُمْ يُحَدِّثُونَ بِالشَّيْءِ يَكُونُ حَقًّا؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: تِلْكَ الْكَلِمَةُ مِنَ الْحَقِّ يَخْطَفُهَا الشَّيْطَانُ، فَيُقَرْقِرُهُ بِأُذُنَيْ وَلِيِّهِ كَقَرْقَرَةِ الدَّجَاجَةِ، فَيَخْلِطُونَ فِيهَا بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ مِئَةِ كِذْبَةٍ.
'A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, said, "People asked the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, about soothsayers. He told them, 'They are nothing.' They said,
But, Messenger of Allah, they speak about things which are true!' The Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, responded, 'That is a word which
Shaytan steals and then he mumbles it into the ear of his protege
with a sound like the clucking of a chicken. Then they mix a hundred lies
with it.'"
