 say reporting something that has no truth is of two types. one type is intended by the reporter to mean something beautiful and desirable that will have a clear and useful excuse for the reporter when the news is revealed requiring him to present that news to him as he presented it to him even if it is not true in this way. an example of this is if a man learned from a king that he intends to kill a friend of his one day.
وأقول إن الإخبار بما لا حقيقة له نوعان، فنوع منه يقصد به المخبر إلى أمر جميل مستحسن يكون له عند تكشف الخبر عذرا واضحا نافعا للمخبر، موجبا لأن يسوق ذلك الخبر إليه على ما ساقه إليه وإن لم يكن حقيقة كذلك. مثال ذلك أنه لو أن رجلا علم من ملك ما أنه مزمع على قتل صاحب له في يوم