Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakaatuhu
This post is just to make us all aware of what the qualities of a hypocrite are and how we need to stay away from these qualities in order to be saved from the extreme harsh punishment in aakhirat.
“There are four (characteristics), whoever
has all of them is a complete hypocrite, and whoever has some of them
has some element of hypocrisy, unless he gives it up: when he speaks,
he lies; when he makes a treaty, he betrays it; when he makes a promise,
he breaks it; when he quarrels, he resorts to insults.”(Narrated by
Muslim, 53)
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| “Verily, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depth (grade) of the Fire”[al-Nisaa’ 4:145] |
1. They lie whenever they speak.
2. They make promises with no intention in fulfilling it and later break it to escape from the commitment.
3. They break the trust when they are entrusted with it.
4. They do not spend in the way of Allah and also stop others from spending or doing any good deed.
5. They do not pray Fajr and Isha.
6. They avoid and dislike masjids and even if they do go, they go when the prayer is about to finish.
7. They become transgressive, violent and abusive in disputes.
8. They speak a lot and say what they will do but when the time comes when their need is required, they flee from it secretly.
9. They don't do salam properly because they are actually cursing.
10. He eats from the stolen and steals from the war of booty.
11. He sleeps a lot and is heedless about Fajr and Isha and gets up to pray with laziness.
12. They care a lot about physical appearance and having a beautiful speech but their hearts are hollow and shallow filled with jealousy, malice and hatred.
13. They are double faced. They are camouflaged in whichever environment or majlis they go. They are different in different majlis according to others just to blend in.
14. They worry a lot about what people might say or think. Hence, they do everything just to please people and gain their acceptance.
15. If you ask them to seek forgiveness from Allah, they turn away in arrogance not accepting their mistake.16. Whenever they hear an alarm for seizing the cheaters, they become scared and traumatized in fear of getting caught of their mischief.
17. They prefer worldly life over the life of the aakhirat. Their process of mind is based from the knowledge of the worldly perspective.
18. They are extremely negative and are always criticizing in every good thing they see.
19. They demotivate the believers into doing any good deed.
20. They show off in their Salat and in any good deeds they do.
21. They insult others by reminding others' of the favors they have done on them.
22. They take credit for the things they haven't done in order to gain praise, compliments and fame.
23. They deny in some parts of the Qur'an and sunnah and take some which suits their desires.
24. They advice people to do bad things and forbid them from doing good.
25. They do not follow the sunnah and turn away from it in aversion when asked to follow the sunnah.
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| And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed and to the Messenger," you see the hypocrites turning away from you in aversion. Surah An Nisa 61 |
There are many more signs of a hypocrites. These are the many signs that I could find from the way the hypocrites behaved during the time of Prophet Muhammad Sallalahu alaihi wasallam, from the hadith and also from the Qur'an.
To know more about the Munaafiqoon (hypocrites) read Surah At Tauba and Surah Al Munafiqoon.
For much detailed version with daleels, click this link.
The cure of hypocrisy is to fear the severe consequences of this disease (that is the lowest pit in the Hell), to give lots of charity (that will remove the love of wealth), to do lots of dhikr of Allah, fear Allah even in public and privacy, to sincerely seek repentance of our sins and cry to Allah to change our hearts. And the best cure is to learn what is in the Qur'an and gain knowledge and then act upon the guidance and path of Allah.
May Allah protect us from nifaaq and remove any kind of hypocrisy from our hearts. Ameen
جزاكم الله خيرا كثيرا
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- Manal Mirza
