Abraham's 'lies'
They will approach Abraham (to intercede for them) but he will say: “I am not for it.”Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) explains to us the nature of these lies, saying:
He will mention three lies that he spoke and then say: “Instead, go to Moses…” [Sahîh al-Bukhârî (7440) and Sahîh Muslim (193)]
Abraham never lied at all, except for the three lies, two of which were for the sake of Allah: his saying: “I am sick” and his saying: “Nay! It was done by this largest one of them”.These “lies” were, in fact, not lies at all. They were merely allusions and ambiguous statements.
That was that, and then there was one regarding Sarah. He had come, accompanied by Sarah, to a land ruled by a tyrant. She had been the comeliest of people, so he said to her: “This man is indeed a tyrant. If he comes to know that you are my wife, he will he will take you away from me by force. So, if he asks you, tell him that you are my sister, for indeed you are my sister in Islam, and indeed I know of no other Muslims on Earth except for you and me.” [Sahîh Muslim (2371)]
When he said to his idolatrous people: “I am sick” [Sûrah al-Sâffât: 87], he intended to insult their idols, of which he was sickened, and to support Allah’s religion. He wanted to show them the falsehood of their idolatry.
When Abraham (peace be upon him) destroyed the idols of his people, he left the largest idol standing. When his people confronted him and accused him, he said: “Nay! It was done by this largest one of them.” [Sûrah al-Anbiyâ’: 63] By this, he intended to show them clearly that their idols could not actually talk or act or help themselves in any way, and that they were the same as any other pile of rocks. He was forcing them, in this way, to admit that their idols were helpless.
As for his saying to his wife: “Tell him that you are my sister”, we have already seen how he was referring to her being his sister in faith.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Islamtoday
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