Arabic (Original)
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ ثنا ابْنُ ثَوْرٍ عَنْ مَعْمَرٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَرَادَ غَزْوَةً وَرَّى بِغَيْرِهَا وَكَانَ يَقُولُ الْحَرْبُ خَدْعَةٌ
English Translation
Abu Ali al-Rudhbari informed us, from Abu Bakr ibn Dasah, from Abu Dawud, from Muhammad ibn Ubayd, from Ibn Thawr, from Ma'mar, from al-Zuhri, from Abd al-Rahman ibn Ka'b ibn Malik, from his father, that the Prophet (peace be upon him) whenever he intended an expedition, would conceal it by hinting at a different destination, and he used to say: War is deception.