Is it permissible to lie to the husband to conceal the wife's private money if the husband would stop working and expose the family to harm if he knew about this money?
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If the money belongs to the wife, she has the right to conceal it from her husband. Lying is forbidden, but it is permissible for reconciliation, for a wife, and for every praiseworthy objective that cannot be achieved except through it. It is better to use equivocation (tawriyah).
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