Sunan Ibn Majah 2833
سنن ابن ماجه#2833Sahihحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ رُومَانَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْحَرْبُ خُدْعَةٌ " .
It was narrated from ‘Aishah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:“War is deceit.”
Scholarly Authentication
The label above is the grade most of these scholars gave — one dissenting opinion no longer speaks for all of them. If any scholar calls a narration fabricated, that verdict is shown instead, whatever the others say. Each scholar's own wording:
Al-AlbaniSahih Mutawatir
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-BaqiSahih Mutawatir
Shuaib Al ArnautSahih Lighairihi
Zubair Ali ZaiSahih
In-book reference: 24:81