482 — Al-Husayn ibn al-Sakan ibn Abī al-Sakan narrated to me: al-Muʿallā ibn Asad narrated to us: al-Hasan ibn Maymūn al-Hadramī narrated to us, saying: I heard Iyās ibn Muʿāwiya—may Allah have mercy on him—say: “Lying, in my view, is when someone lies about a matter that neither harms nor benefits him. As for a man who tells a lie to ward off an affliction from himself or to secure some favor for himself, I do not consider that lying.”