Lol @ bully
How many times do we have to go in circles? I never claimed to be quoting the hadith, I was offering an example of a situation that would be covered by the hadith and asked you if you thought that was immoral. You saw the implication of answering honestly so you've dodged the question since.
For one, you still refuse to answer with a simple yes or no like I did when you asked. This seems to be because you're resistant to clear and honest discourse.
No, it's because you want to dictate an answer - which, incidentally, has nothing to do with a yes or no answer.
Yes, "relatives" might not imply the closeness that "family" does. But for one, family has always been, in denotation, virtually interchangeable with relatives. And on top of this its not hard to imagine that in 7th century Arabia the connection between extended family would be stronger. Hell, even today in the Arab world there are many places, like Yemen, where extended family is very important when compared to Westerners.
The man putting "excess wealth" before "some relatives" in his query is telling how important they were.
Your argument for that point is shit too. The hadith seems to indicate he was retrieving his own wealth. I'm not Christian so I don't accept that lying is always bad. In this case, I believe that lying to protect yourself or your property is not only reasonable but also morally acceptable.
The standard in the Torah of the Old Testament - in Judaism, and certainly in Christianity, is that lying is wrong. Period.
This is why Christians are beheaded by Islamists on beaches in Libya, or beheaded in cities in Iraq and Syria, or crucified in those countries.
On the converse, Islam sanctions dishonesty: to smooth over discord between a man and his wife for example. Taqiyya to save life AND property is also acceptable. Saying with the mouth what the heart is comfortable with is also acceptable. Obtaining excess wealth in face of possible danger is also an acceptable excuse to be dishonest. In fact, self-survival and furtherance of Islam (basic humanism) is also worthy grounds for dishonesty. Gaining the upper hand over competition is grounds for employing dishonesty.
https://www.al-islam.org/shiite-encyclopedia-ahlul-bayt-dilp-team/al-taqiyya-dissimulation-part-1
https://www.al-islam.org/shiite-encyclopedia-ahlul-bayt-dilp-team/al-taqiyya-dissimulation-part-2
https://www.al-islam.org/shiite-encyclopedia-ahlul-bayt-dilp-team/al-taqiyya-dissimulation-part-3
All of those "reasons" and more can be found in the above links. But, of course, Islam in its piety doesn't agree with any negative connotation to their sect's usage of the doctrine.
Unfortunately the truth is what "al-Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (as) (The Sixth Imam of Ahlul-Bayt) said:
"al-Taqiyya is my religion, and the religion of my ancestors.”He (as)also said: "He who doesn’t practice al-Taqiyya, doesn’t practice his religion."
This is one of the many values Islam has that are incompatible with Western/Christian values.