He must not lie unless there is eminent danger in him! He can use double talk or beat round the bush as they say in order to ward doubts about himself.

Someone reports his boss at work for a criminal act. The boss gets into trouble, and starts searching for the person that reported him. Is it permissible for the one who reported him to lie and deny that it was him in order to ward off oppression and vengeful actions from the criminal boss?

Sins | February 23, 2017 4:28 pm
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A sister asks: What is the penalty of a person who kissed somebody else while beeing married. The person did say La ilaha illAllah but still was in time of ignorance. She has repented from her sin and feels uppermost regret, but has not told her husband about the incident which she will never do again
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A brother’s father in his lifetime used to oppress and beat up many poor people unjustly. The brother is a religious person. His life has been hard with different trials for the last 30 odd years and getting worse. My question, does the curse (of the people) who were oppressed by the father fall upon the child (the religious brother) and what should be done?