Hadith Research Libraryمكتبة الحديث والرجال

Chapter 5.0

What Has Been Related About The Permission To Lie And Be Deceitful In War

باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرُّخْصَةِ فِي الْكَذِبِ وَالْخَدِيعَةِ فِي الْحَرْبِ

1 hadiths

Jami` at-Tirmidhi, 1675الجامع· 1sahih

Chain of narration · Isnād

Each narrator name opens their biography and classical source evidence.

5 transmitters

Narrated by Ahmed bin Manay'fromNasr bin 'Ali bin Nasr bin 'Ali (young)fromSufyan bin 'Uyaynahfrom'Amr bin DinarfromJabir ibn 'Abdullah

Hadith text · Matn

‏ الْحَرْبُ خُدْعَةٌ ‏

‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ وَعَائِشَةَ وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَأَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ السَّكَنِ وَكَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَأَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ‏.‏ وَهَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

English translation

Narrated Jabir bin ‘Abdullah :

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "War is deceit." [Abu 'Eisa said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Ali, Zaid bin Thabit, 'Aishah, Ibn 'Abbas, Abu Hurairah, Asma' bint Yazid bin As-Sakan, Ka'b bin Malik and Anas bin Malik. This Hadith is Hasan Sahih.

Original Arabic chain wording

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنِيعٍ، وَنَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ دِينَارٍ، سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏