It was narrated to us by Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Sahm: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak informed us: Maʿmar informed us, from Hammām ibn Munabbih, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allāh (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "War is deception."