Islamic Creature
12-Jun-2004, 10:52 AM
Signs of the hyprocrites
There are some people who have some Faith (eman), and along with it some components of hypocrisy (nifaaq), as has come in the saheeh hadith on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Umar (raa) that the Prophet (pbuh) said:
"Anyone in whom are found four things is a pure hypocrite, and if they have some degree of these things, they have that degree of hypocrisy until they change their ways: When they speak they lie, When they promise they break their promise, When they are given a trust they betray it, and when they ingage in a truce they are treacheous."
And in the two books of Muslim and Al-Bukhari on the authority of Abu Hurairah (raa) that the Prophet (pbuh) said:
"Faith is some seventy-odd components. The greatest of them is to say: There is no deity other than Allah, the least of them is removing something harmful from the road, and modesty is a component of Faith."
From these hadiths, we understand that anyone in whome are found some of these components has some degree of hypocrisy until he changes his ways.
Also mentioned in the two books of Saheeh that the Prophet (Pbuh) said to Abu Dharr, one of the best of the believers:
"You are a man in whome there is Jahiliyah (pre-islamic Foolishness). Abu Dharr (raa) asked: at my age , O Messenger of Allah? The Prophet said: 'Yes."
Also in a saheeh hadith, the Prophet (pbuh) said:
"Four things are found in my nation from the affairs of the jahiliyah: Pride in social status or class, casting doubt on the people's family origin, weeping and wailing over the dead, and praying for water using the stars."
The Prophet (pbuh) also said in a saheeh hadith which was narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurairah (raa):
"The signs of the hyprocrite are three: when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks his promise, and when he is trusted he betrays the trust." In one version of the hadith, the Prophet (pbuh) added: "...even if he fasts and prays and thinks that he is Muslim."
There are some people who have some Faith (eman), and along with it some components of hypocrisy (nifaaq), as has come in the saheeh hadith on the authority of Abdullah Ibn Umar (raa) that the Prophet (pbuh) said:
"Anyone in whom are found four things is a pure hypocrite, and if they have some degree of these things, they have that degree of hypocrisy until they change their ways: When they speak they lie, When they promise they break their promise, When they are given a trust they betray it, and when they ingage in a truce they are treacheous."
And in the two books of Muslim and Al-Bukhari on the authority of Abu Hurairah (raa) that the Prophet (pbuh) said:
"Faith is some seventy-odd components. The greatest of them is to say: There is no deity other than Allah, the least of them is removing something harmful from the road, and modesty is a component of Faith."
From these hadiths, we understand that anyone in whome are found some of these components has some degree of hypocrisy until he changes his ways.
Also mentioned in the two books of Saheeh that the Prophet (Pbuh) said to Abu Dharr, one of the best of the believers:
"You are a man in whome there is Jahiliyah (pre-islamic Foolishness). Abu Dharr (raa) asked: at my age , O Messenger of Allah? The Prophet said: 'Yes."
Also in a saheeh hadith, the Prophet (pbuh) said:
"Four things are found in my nation from the affairs of the jahiliyah: Pride in social status or class, casting doubt on the people's family origin, weeping and wailing over the dead, and praying for water using the stars."
The Prophet (pbuh) also said in a saheeh hadith which was narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim on the authority of Abu Hurairah (raa):
"The signs of the hyprocrite are three: when he speaks he lies, when he promises he breaks his promise, and when he is trusted he betrays the trust." In one version of the hadith, the Prophet (pbuh) added: "...even if he fasts and prays and thinks that he is Muslim."