Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 3939
Fighting in Jihad - Section 1
Arabic hadith text
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «الْحَرْب خدعة»
Translation
Jabir reported God's Messenger as saying, “War is deception.”(Bukhari and Muslim.)