Imam Ja‘far al-Ṣadiq (as): Utterances fall under three categories: the truth, the lie, and reconciliation between people … you may hear a man saying something about someone, which when they come to hear will lead them to feel malice towards the former. [In such a situation] you may instead tell them, I heard x speaking such good things about you, contrary to what you had heard. al-Kāfī