Can you make an excuse to someone in order to prevent yourself from doing something that is Haram or Makruh? What is the difference between lying and making an excuse?
Can you make an excuse to someone in order to prevent yourself from doing something that is Haram or Makruh? What is the difference between lying and making an excuse?
Sayyed Mohammad Al-Musawi, Sayyed Mohammad al-Musawi is originally from Iraq and heads up the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London. Other than being involved in various humanitarian projects, he frequently responds to... Answered 5 years ago
Lying is saying or expressing falsehood or untrue things. Making excuse depends on the excuse itself which can be true then it is true and permissible as we read in the life of Prophet Ebraheem (AS) in Quran when he wanted to avoid accompanying the wrong people by saying : I am sick ( Sura 37, verse 89).
But if the excuse is untrue e.g. telling someone: I have no money, when you do have money, then it is Haraam.
Avoiding Haraam act is Must and there is no space in the life of believers for unlawful acts willingly. Preventing Haraam in obligatory in every possible way.
Wassalam.
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