[DongoSab]

If one needs to swear a false oath in order to save a person whose life is unlawful to take from being killed, then one must swear it, for saving such a person’s life is obligatory, and if doing so depends on an oath, it is obligatory.
Suwayd ibn Handhala (Allah be well pleased with him) said: “We set out to the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) and Wa’il ibn Hajar was with us, and he was captured by an enemy. The group was forced to swear an oath [that all were of the same clan, which was under a protection agreement], so I swore that he was my brother, and they released him. We reached the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) and I told him that the group had been forced to swear, and that I had sworn he was my brother, and he said, “You told the truth: the Muslim is the brother of the Muslim” (Abu Dawud, 3.224:3256. S).
Shaykh Nuh Keller in Adab of Islam.

[skydaypat]

Narrated Um Kulthum bint Uqba: That she heard Allah's Apostle saying, "He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar."
(Bukhari: Book #49, Hadith #857)

[qQVXpYM6]

yup. also in the case if a person has two wives he can lie, "You are more beautiful than her, I promise."

[MFSSCW2c]

Taqqiya and kitman are allowed, as I understand it, only to facilitate victory over unbelievers. It would be a stretch to call these "white lies" because taqqiya (straight-up lying) and kitman (omission of truth) are strategies to win wars. White lies are harmless or trivial.

As for lying to your spouse to smooth differences - those of us who are married understand that love can sometimes be like war.

Allahu alam.

[RenyBontes]

wow

[jagxj12]

There are some exceptions but this is not the general rule. War is deception is a famous hadeeth and with regards to the wife there is also a hadeeth but this does not justfiy white lies.

[DongoSab]

Humayd ibn `Abd al-Rahman ibn `Awf reported that his mother Umm Kulthum bint `Uqba b. Abu Mu`ait, and she was one amongst the first emigrants who pledged allegiance to Allah's Messenger , as saying that she heard Allah's Rasul saying: A liar is not one who tries to bring reconciliation amongst people and speaks good (in order to avert dispute), or conveys good. Ibn Shihaab said he did not hear that exemption was granted in anything what the people speak as lies but in three cases: in battle, for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband (in a twisted form in order to bring reconciliation between them). (Sahih Muslim)