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Is it permissible to lie in praise of one's parents, such as claiming they did things they did not do?

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Lying is forbidden and reprehensible. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Adhere to truthfulness, for truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. A man continues to be truthful and strives for truthfulness until he is recorded with Allah as a Siddiq (a truthful one). And beware of lying, for lying leads to immorality, and immorality leads to the Fire. A man continues to lie and strives for lying until he is recorded with Allah as a Kadhdhab (a liar)." Lying is not permissible except out of necessity, and it has been permitted in three cases: reconciling between people, a man's speech during war, and a man's conversation with his wife and a woman's with her husband.

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