Jabir reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “War is deception.”
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 160
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Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 159 Next Hadith → When the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to go on an expedition, he always pretended to be going somewhere else, and he would say: War is deception.
Abu Dawud said: Only Ma'mar has transmitted this tradition. By this he refers to his statement "War is deception" through this chain of narrators. He narrated it from the tradition of 'Amr b. Dinar from Jabir, and from the tradition of Ma'mar from Hammam b. Munabbih on the authority of Abu Hurairah.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 161
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 159 Next Hadith → When the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to go on an expedition, he always pretended to be going somewhere else, and he would say: War is deception.
Abu Dawud said: Only Ma'mar has transmitted this tradition. By this he refers to his statement "War is deception" through this chain of narrators. He narrated it from the tradition of 'Amr b. Dinar from Jabir, and from the tradition of Ma'mar from Hammam b. Munabbih on the authority of Abu Hurairah.
Sunan Abi Dawud Book 15, Hadith 161