Is it permissible to lie in order to guide someone, such as by claiming to have seen them being tormented in a dream?
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Lying is one of the reprehensible behaviors warned against in Islam. Calling to Allah is done with wisdom and good counsel, not with lies. Thus, the داعية (caller to Islam) should be the farthest of people from lying.
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