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As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

Salam alaikum. I am a revert from christianity and I come from a place full of hate for muslims. I have moved from there but I was recently chatting with someone who was soo hateful towards us bc of the 911 hijackers. I was trying to teach her that islam is a religion of peace and not all muslims should be treated wrongly bc of the actions of a select few. She was getting stubborn and listening with deaf ears so I gave an example of my father was shot in the head ten times by a christian who claimed that god told him to so does that mean I should hate all christians and think they are all murderers. This was not the whole truth bc my father was shot by a christian man but he did not claim god told him to. I just thought it would aid me in helping this woman understand. Was it a sin for me to have done that? Do u think I did the right thing. 

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Answer:

Lie while doing dawa

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Allah says in the Holy Quran: Chapter 16, Surah An-Nahl Ayat 125:

Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and excellent admonition and argue with people in the best manner. Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His Way and who is Rightly guided.

Your Statements: ….This was not the whole truth bc my father was shot by a christian man but he did not claim god told him to. I just thought it would aid me in helping this woman understand. Was it a sin for me to have done that? Do u think I did the right thing. 

Respected sister, as good and as thought-invoking your argument would be even if it was presented hypothetically, it would not behove or befit a believer to invent a lie while inviting people to the Truth of Islam.

You are well within your rights to put your best reasoning and arguments in your efforts to invite them to the Truth and the Beauty of Islam…..to accept or reject your invitation is entirely upto them. But to invent a lie or a falsehood would neither be appropriate nor becoming of a believer who sincerely fears Allah and the Last Day.

By inventing a lie, you indeed did wrong and you should turn unto your Lord Most Gracious and seek forgiveness for your error….it is expected that you will find your Lord Forgiving and Merciful.

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 39 Surah Zumur verses 53-54:

(O Prophet) say: “O My servants who have wronged their own souls….Do not despair of Allah’s Mercy! Surely, Allah forgives all sins. He indeed is the All Forgiving, All Merciful. Return to your Lord and submit to Him before the scourge overtakes you; for then you may get no help from anywhere.”

Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 3 Surah Ale Imraan verse 135-136:

Allah likes such good people very much, who, if ever they commit a base deed or wrong their own soul by the commission of a sin, remember Allah instantly, and ask for forgiveness from Him for their shortcomings. For who, but Allah, can forgive sins? (And Allah loves those) who do not knowingly persist in the wrongs they did. These will be rewarded with forgiveness from Allah, and with Gardens beneath which canals flow, and they will reside therein forever! How excellent is the reward of those who do good deeds!

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan