(58) باب فِي إِصْلاَحِ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ
Humaid b. 'Abd al-Rahman quoted his mother as saying:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: He who forged in order to put things right between two persons did not lie. The version by Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Musaddad has: The liar is not the one who puts things right between people, saying what is good and increasing good. (ID)
Reference (ID): Sunan Abi Dawud 4920 (ID)
In-book reference (ID): Book 43, Hadith 148 (ID)
English translation (ID): Book 42, Hadith 4902 (ID)