If goodness can be acquired through lying but not by telling the truth, there are some scenarios in which lying is permitted, and even necessary:

1.   An oppressive man wishes to kill or harm someone innocent, and because of this, the victim is hiding somewhere. If the oppressor asks you for his location, it is permissible to lie even if you know where he is.

2.   If you are entrusted with a possession and someone asks for its location because he wishes to steal it, it is permissible to claim you do not have it.^[1]

3.   Likewise, it is permissible to lie in order to reconcile between two Muslims. An individual can go to one of them and say the other thinks good of you and praises you. Then he can go to the other and say similar things to end the enmity between them and make them reconcile.

4.   Similarly, it is permissible to lie for the purpose of pleasing your wife.^[2]

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Pious deed 38

Dear Islamic brothers, affiliate yourselves with the religious environment of Dawat-e-Islami in order to become truthful, refrain from lying, become righteous, and develop a hatred for sins. Participate in the 12 religious activities in your locality, travel with the Madani qāfilahs, and fill in the Pious Deeds booklet given to us by Mawlana Muhammad Ilyas Attar al-Qadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ.

Of these 72 pious deeds, pious deed 38 states, “Today, did you refrain from telling a lie, and from engaging in or listening to backbiting and