Hypocrisy (2)

Passer asked, "O my brother Chameleon, who was Abdallah ibn Ubayy?" Chameleon said, "Abdallah ibn Ubayy , also called ibn Abi Salul in reference to his grandmother, was a chief of the Arab tribe Banu Khazraj and one of the leading men of Yathrib (now known as Medina). Abdallah Ibn Ubayy was favored by many to be the next ruler, but, because he was of the Khazraj tribe, people of Aws tribe, were doubtful of accepting him.
When the Prophet (ﷺ) came to Yathrib, he found that the coming of the Prophet (ﷺ) had robbed him of the chief temporal power in Yathrib, and added to his frustration, seeing his own son Hubab, later known as Abdallah, and his daughter, Jamilah, had reverted to Islam. So, he decided to wait, thinking that sooner or later the newcomers influence will decline, but it didnt happen, infact the Prophet's influence more and more growing. The following, are his major conspiracies and efforts to dishonor the Prophet (ﷺ) and to bring down the Islamic state.

On one occation, the Prophet (ﷺ) was going and crossed Ibn Ubayy's house, innocent of what was in Ibn Ubayy's heart. At that time, Ibn Ubayy was yet a non-muslim. Over there, the Prophet (ﷺ) saw him sitting with some men, out of courtesy, the Prophet (ﷺ) dismounted from his donkey and then sat with them for a while. And as conversation developed, the Prophet (ﷺ) narrated some part of Quran to them. Ibn Ubayy suddenly burst out rudely at the Prophet (ﷺ), "Nothing could be better than your discourse only if it was true, so sit at your home and preach it to those who come to you, but he who doesn't come to you, burden him not with your talk, nor enter his gathering with that (i.e. the Quran} which he likes not!" The Prophet (ﷺ) was humiliated and taken aback by the dishonor and left. He (ﷺ) didn't pass any order against him nor did he complain to anyone ever about it, it was never heard from his mouth.

The Prophet's (ﷺ) influence kept growing, despite Ibn Ubayy's continuous efforts to check it, the Prophet (ﷺ) never took to punish him, soon, infact, his efforts started becoming counter productive for himself as his influence started to dwindle, he realized that to maintain his influence on people, he had to enter Islam as others had entered it.
Though he pledged allegiance to the Prophet (ﷺ) and did salaah regularly at the mosque, but the Sahaba, radhiyallahu 'anhum, were never sure of his faith, and it was an issue of concern as he had far reaching influence which made him more dangerous, and dangerous he became as we will see later. And ultimately, he was known as the Leader of the Munafiqun.

Ibn Ubayy had a treaty with Bani Qaynuqa, who were spying for Meccans, they once threatened the Prophet (ﷺ), "O Muhammad! Do not be deluded by that encounter (with Meccans at badr) for it was against men who had no knowledge of war & so you did win, but by Allah, if we make war on you, then you shall know we are men to be feared." After this threat, they even killed a muslim and went to prepare for war and sent messengers to call their allies for war to terminate Islam, but before their allies could come or they could fully prepare themselves, they found their fort besieged by the muslims and finally they had to surrender unconditionally.
Many ansar had a treaty with bani Qaynuqa, but a revelation had come from Allah in the Quran, 

قُلۡ لِّلَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡا سَتُغۡلَبُوۡنَ وَ تُحۡشَرُوۡنَ اِلٰی جَہَنَّمَ ؕ وَ بِئۡسَ الۡمِہَادُ

"Say to those who disbelieve, 'You will be overcome and gathered together to Hell, and wretched is the resting place.'" ― (QS. 3:12)

قَدۡ کَانَ لَکُمۡ اٰیَۃٌ فِیۡ فِئَتَیۡنِ الۡتَقَتَا ؕ فِئَۃٌ تُقَاتِلُ فِیۡ سَبِیۡلِ اللّٰہِ وَ اُخۡرٰی کَافِرَۃٌ یَّرَوۡنَہُمۡ مِّثۡلَیۡہِمۡ رَاۡیَ الۡعَیۡنِ ؕ وَ اللّٰہُ یُؤَیِّدُ بِنَصۡرِہٖ مَنۡ یَّشَآءُ ؕ اِنَّ فِیۡ ذٰلِکَ لَعِبۡرَۃً لِّاُولِی الۡاَبۡصَارِ

"Already there has been for you a sign in the two armies which met - one fighting in the cause of Allah and another of disbelievers. They saw them [to be] twice their [own] number by [their] eyesight. But Allah supports with His victory whom He wills. Indeed in that is a lesson for those of vision."  ― (QS. 3:13)

Ibn Ubayy went to Ubadah ibn Samit to help Qaynuqa, but he refused as Muslims who had a treaty with them had broken their treaty citing the command of Allah in Quran, but look at this hypocrite being unable to do nothing, he openly went out to help Qaynuqa (against muslims, Islamic state, prophet, Quran & Allah). He didn't participate in the siege and muslim army, but went to muslim army's camp and openly announced that he has a treaty with them!! In a commanding voice he said to the Prophet (ﷺ), "O Muhammad! Treat my confederates well (he called enemies of Islam his confederates!! What would you do to such a man O followers of Sunnah and upholders of shariah?). The Prophet (ﷺ) turned away from him, so he caught the Prophet (ﷺ) by his coat, thrusting his hand into the neck of it!

The Prophet (ﷺ) visibly got angry, (how can a muslim not get angry at such a man?), and said "Let go off your hold!" He said, "No!" "No!" to the Prophet (ﷺ) in front of everyone and that too when the Prophet (ﷺ) was angry! "No, by Allah, I shall not untill you promise to treat them well!" Now, do you think the Prophet (ﷺ) got scared? Obviously, not. What do you think The prophet (ﷺ) and Companions did? Execute him, crucify him, cut off his hands and feet from opposite sides as he was an open enemy of Islam and was seeking help to those who were enemies of Islamic state, a hypocrite to core? The Prophet (ﷺ) didn't even curse him, leave alone punish him and on top of it, he (ﷺ) said, "I grant you their lives!" The answer came from best of human kind, a mercy ti man kind."
At battle of Uhud, the muslim army was 1000 strong, while it was camped to go to war, the next day against an army 3,000 strong. At dawn the Prophet (ﷺ) ordered the army to move. However, Ibn Ubayy in consultation with other hypocrites, turned back to Medina, but not alone, with 300 men! An open outright rebellion and disobeying of direct order of Allah and His Prophet (ﷺ). He did not even talk to the Prophet (ﷺ) about it, and when a sahabi tried to stop him, he said, "The Prophet (ﷺ) has disobeyed me and obeyed the strpilings and men of no judgement, I see not why we should loose our lives." Another sahabi cried out, "I adjure you by Allah, not to desert your people and your Prophet (ﷺ) in the very presence of enemy! He said, "If we knew you would br fighting, we would stay, but we do not think there would be a battle!" How demoralizing was his parting remark for the army.
Battle of Uhud was not a massacre as Ibn Ubayy wished and said it would be, only because some companions disobeyed the Prophet's (ﷺ) command during war that the result became a loss for muslims, it was a great loss as everyone was wounded except a few, many were severely injured while many died including the Prophet's Uncle, Hamza, whose body was badly mutiliated. And also Abu Hanzalah ibn Ar-Rabie, a relative of the Prophet (ﷺ) and a sahabi, who were with Islam from the very beginning. The Prophet (ﷺ) remarked, "Never was I more angry referring to seeing Hamza's body. The Prophet (ﷺ) himself was also badly injured in his right shoulder and was not being able to move it.
The muslim army returned with injured men being carried and muslims, including the Prophet (ﷺ), in grief for the dead, and they found Ibn Ubayy rejoicing! He said mockingly that he had taken a wise decision, he also said, "By Allah! It was as if I had seen it all, if those killed had returned with us, they wouldn't had been killed!" By saying so, he was mocking not only the faith of those who survived, but also mocking the faith of those who were dead, the faith of likes of Hamza and Hanzalah.
The Sahaba felt very humiliated at his mocking and Umar ibn Khattab, judged that Ibn Ubayy along with those other responsible, i.e. the 300 who deserted, should be killed. Umar went to the Prophet (ﷺ) to tell him he wanted to do so. But, the Prophet (ﷺ) rejected the idea and forbade him to do so! Umar would had instantly accepted the Prophet's command, but do we accept it like Umar would had accepted?? No, the hypocrites of today will find it tough to swallow it, and they sing the song of Sunnah. Woe to us for what we ascribe to shariah of the Last Prophet (ﷺ). Woe to us that we don't have the Prophet (ﷺ) to give us a sermon on his shariah, when we are surrounded by false scholars who sing Sunnah, Sunnah, Sunnah, but only implement the sunnah of Azar and Nimrod, Haman and Pharaoh, and not the Prophet (ﷺ).

Ibn Ubayy, on the coming Friday, went to the mosque as usual, the point to be noted was that none of the sahaba stopped him, hit him or asked him to never show his face around the mosque or killed him! Nor did anyone ask him not to sit at the place of honor he used to take every time right next to the Prophet (ﷺ)! In the past, whenever the Prophet (ﷺ) used to rise to the pulpit to deliver the sermon, he used to get up quickly and before the Prophet (ﷺ) could start speaking, used to say in his hypocrisy sarcastically, "O People, this is the Messenger of Allah, may Allah through him be bountiful to you and give you strength, help you, therefore honor him obey him." But this time, when he stood up, two men next to him couldn't control and caught him and being polite, while still full of anger, said, "Sit down O you enemy of Allah, you are worthy to hold forth, having done what you did." They only asked him to stay still and didn't ask him to leave or hit him or kill the enemy of the Prophet (ﷺ) and Allah! Blessed be they for they followed the true shariah, unlike our false scholars of today, unlike the muslims of today. We would do the opposite of that and not even once feel embarrassed for doing so. Infact, the hate mongerers and blood thirsty people are considered by many to be pious today!
Ibn Ubayy instead as another act of defiance, jostled his way through the densely seated muslims in the mosque, when he was pushing his way through one of the Ansar, who was standing at the gate said, "Return and let the Messenger of Allah ask forgiveness for you." Ibn Ubayy replied, "By Allah! I do not want him to ask forgiveness for me!" The hypocrites of today only follow their wishful thinking. The ideals we know are wishful thinking of power hungry scholars, who say lets fight the system of pharaoh but ignore that prophet Moses sought forgiveness for killing a man of pharaoh!

Ibn Ubayy didn't stop there in his hypocrisy and his efforts against the Prophet (ﷺ) and Allah. The case of Bani Nadir will I bring to witness.
Bani Nadir was a Jewish tribe, which invited the Prophet (ﷺ) to their fort and plotted to kill him there, but the Prophet (ﷺ) didn't attack them or kill them for conspiring and leaving no stone unturned to kill the Messenger, the Khalifa, the Head of Islamic State! But gave them 10 days and asked them to leave Medina honorably or else only then face war.
They started to prepare to leave, but Ibn Ubayy pledged Bani Nadir his support and asked them to remain, and thus they stayed and didn't leave. After 10 days, the Prophet (ﷺ) besieged their fort and after some more days they surrendered. The Prophet (ﷺ) spared everyones life and asked them to leave. He (ﷺ) said, "Go and I seek not from you anything, take all you have except weapons!"
They marched out of Medina with music and singing. The Sahaba reported that they had not seen so much wealth in their lives as was on their camels and their women were dressed in Gold from top to bottom, they even took the doors to their houses!"
As for Ibn Ubayy, what the Prophet (ﷺ) did to him, the Quran is never a change in the ways of Allah and thus there is no change in the ways of His beloved Prophet (ﷺ). He (ﷺ) did to him what he (ﷺ) did to him on previous occasions, "Forgiving!"
This was the judgment of the best judges. Prophet Jeremiah said in bible about the false scholars, judges and doctors of religion in Jews, "The false pen of the false scribe, certainly works falsehood," Truly, his statement holds true for false scholars, judges and doctors of religion.

You wont believe that, Ibn Ubayy, even after what he did at Uhud, was yet being allowed to accompany muslims on expeditions! Once it happened on an expedition that two muslims fell into a fight one of Ghifar tribe (Ally of Quraysh, i.e. one tribe of Mecca from even before Islam) and the other of Juhayma tribe (Ally of Khazraj i.e. one tribe of Yathrib, to which Ibn Ubayy belonged from even before Islam) and both of them tried to involve their allies and swords got drawn between the Sahaba! However other Sahaba of better understanding, intervened and stopped the blood bath from happening.
Ibn Ubayy was not responsible for this fight but he didn't leave the opportunity to rally opinion against Meccans and started to plot to overthrow the Meccan rule being lead by the Prophet (ﷺ). Ibn Ubayy said to the Sahaba belonging to his tribe, "Have they (the Muhajireen, emigrant Quraysh) gone so far as this! They seek to take precedence over us! They crowd us out in our own country and nothing will fit us and the rags of Quraish. But the old saying goes, "Feed your fat dog and it will feed on you! By Allah, when we returm to Medina, the higher and the mightier of is, will drive out the lower and the weaker!" Those who listened to him, didn't report this to Prophet (ﷺ), but only a young boy, Zayd Ibn Arqam, and then, Allah himself!
First, the young boy came and reported this to the Prophet (ﷺ), and listening to this, the Prophet (ﷺ) got very angry, Umar said that he will go and behead him, but the Prophet (ﷺ) didn't give him permission, he refused to let him do so and Umar followed the command! A saint would follow the prophet but not so the Ulema Su'.
When Ibn Ubayy got to know that the Prophet (ﷺ) has come to know of what he said, he went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and swore he never said anything even close to it. But there is still Allah's witness that was about to come on the matter and expose the traitor hypocrite, the enemy of Islam.

Then came another episode, the slandering of the one whom Allah called "Mother of faithful," Aisha, radhiyallahu 'anha. Tell me, what should be done to a man who slanders any wife of the prophet? And slanders that she is in an adulteress relation? It shakes our soul and makes our blood boil in anger to even read these sentences, our souls who are so weak in faith, what would had been the condition of the prophet and the sahabas you can not even imagine! But imagine so that you may understand.
This slandering was started by Ibn Ubayy and other hypocrites, but it wont be a surprise to you knowing that Prophet (ﷺ) again didn't do anything to them, didn't even speak angrily to them. Only they were punished who were true believers and got involved in the slandering, that too, the Prophet (ﷺ) didn't go after them to catch hold of them, but they came and self confessed to the crime and sought punishment!
Till now any judge of shariah would atleast judge that such a man should be made an outcast, but the Prophet (ﷺ) still didn't stop him from accompanying him on expeditions, he accompanied the Prophet (ﷺ) to Hudaibiya!
Muslims were very thirsty on their journey and needed water which was not to be found, the Prophet (ﷺ) prayed and Allah miraculously made water come out from ground, faiths of muslims were even more bolstered, but no sign of Allah decreases the hypocrisy of a true hypocrite. Like nothing would make a hypocrite muslim of today mend his ways, no not even this article. Ibn Ubayy was drinking water and a man asked him, "Out upon you, O father of Hubab, has not the time come to you to see how you are placed? What more than this can there be?" They knew that Ibn Ubayy was a hypocrite, that's why such a question was put to him. Ibn Ubbay replied arrogantly, "I have seen the like of this before!" Upon which the man remonstrated him threateningly, then Ibn Ubayy went to the Prophet (ﷺ) to complain about him that this man is threatening me! The Prophet (ﷺ) miraculously knew what had happened and before Ibn Ubayy could say anything, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked him the same question the man had asked. Ibn Ubayy replied "I have not seen the like of this before." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Then why did you say what you said?" Of course the Prophet (ﷺ) knew why he said it, the Prophet (ﷺ) was not seeking an answer, he (ﷺ) knew he said so to make others faith weak. Cornered and no way out, Ibn Ubayy said, "I ask forgiveness," upon which his son requested the Prophet (ﷺ) to seek forgiveness for him and the Prophet did it!"

There is another account showing the heart of the Prophet (ﷺ) in regard to what happened to Ibn Ubayy in the end, when Ibn Ubayy knew he was about to die, it states that he repented when death was imminent, though Allah makes it clear in Quran that the one who keeps doing evil and repents on seeing death his repentance is not acceptable and he wont receive forgiveness as doing of so is a sign of hypocrisy itself. Allah says,

اِنَّمَا التَّوۡبَۃُ عَلَی اللّٰہِ لِلَّذِیۡنَ یَعۡمَلُوۡنَ السُّوۡٓءَ بِجَہَالَۃٍ ثُمَّ یَتُوۡبُوۡنَ مِنۡ قَرِیۡبٍ فَاُولٰٓئِکَ یَتُوۡبُ اللّٰہُ عَلَیۡہِمۡ ؕ وَ کَانَ اللّٰہُ عَلِیۡمًا حَکِیۡمً

"The repentance accepted by Allah is only for those who do wrong in ignorance [or carelessness] and then repent soon after. It is those to whom Allah will turn in forgiveness, and Allah is ever Knowing and Wise." ― (QS. 4:17)

وَ لَیۡسَتِ التَّوۡبَۃُ لِلَّذِیۡنَ یَعۡمَلُوۡنَ السَّیِّاٰتِ ۚ حَتّٰۤی اِذَا حَضَرَ اَحَدَہُمُ الۡمَوۡتُ قَالَ اِنِّیۡ تُبۡتُ الۡـٰٔنَ وَ لَا الَّذِیۡنَ یَمُوۡتُوۡنَ وَ ہُمۡ کُفَّارٌ ؕ اُولٰٓئِکَ اَعۡتَدۡنَا لَہُمۡ عَذَابًا اَلِیۡمً

"But repentance is not [accepted] of those who [continue to] do evil deeds up until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "Indeed, I have repented now," or of those who die while they are disbelievers. For them We have prepared a painful punishment." ― (QS. 4:18)

Abdallah, son of Ibn Ubayy, requested that the Prophet (ﷺ) be pleased to come to pray for him. The Prophet (ﷺ) never show signs of vindictiveness towards Ibn Ubayy, attended his funeral. When the Prophet (ﷺ) stood up to pray, Umar pulled the Prophet from the back and said, "O Messenger of Allah, will you make it? Didn't Allah forbid you to pray for him?" Islam teaches its people to treat humans according to their zahir conditions, the affairs of their hearts and minds are the authority of Allah. Umar said, "Indeed, he was a munafiq." After the Prophet (ﷺ) performed prayers for him, then Allah revealed,

وَلَا تُصَلِّ عَلَىٰ أَحَدٍ مِنْهُمْ مَاتَ أَبَدًا وَلَا تَقُمْ عَلَىٰ قَبْرِهِ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا بِاللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ وَمَاتُوا وَهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ
"And do not pray [the funeral prayer, O Muhammad], over any of them who has died - ever - or stand at his grave. Indeed, they disbelieved in Allah and His Messenger and died while they were defiantly disobedient." - (QS.9:84)

Ibn Ubayy married three times and left behind nine children, all of whom became devout Muslims. From his first wife, Khawla bint Mundhir ibn Haram of Banu Malik ibn al-Najjar, he had, Hubab, later known as Abdallah; Jamila bint Abdallah ibn Ubayy; and Qays ibn Abdallah ibn Ubayy. From his second wife, Rayta bint Amir ibn Qays of Banu Sa'id, he had, Malika bint Abdallah ibn Ubayy; Ubada ibn Abdallah ibn Ubayy; Muhammad ibn Abdallah ibn Ubayy. From his third wife, Lubna bint Ubada bint Nadl of Banu Qauqal, he had, Ramla bint Abdallah ibn Ubayy; Sa'ida bint Abdallah ibn Ubayy; Ma'mar ibn Abdallah ibn Ubayy.

The hypocrite, like the kuffaar, concentrates on this world, his family, his art and skill. This is because his faith is the hereafter is not well-grounded. The hypocrite forgets Allah, and if he remembers Him, that is very little. Allah says,

اَلۡمُنٰفِقُوۡنَ وَ الۡمُنٰفِقٰتُ بَعۡضُہُمۡ مِّنۡۢ بَعۡضٍ ۘ یَاۡمُرُوۡنَ بِالۡمُنۡکَرِ وَ یَنۡہَوۡنَ عَنِ الۡمَعۡرُوۡفِ وَ یَقۡبِضُوۡنَ اَیۡدِیَہُمۡ ؕ نَسُوا اللّٰہَ فَنَسِیَہُمۡ ؕ اِنَّ الۡمُنٰفِقِیۡنَ ہُمُ الۡفٰسِقُوۡنَ

"The hypocrite men and hypocrite women are of one another. They enjoin what is wrong and forbid what is right and close their hands. They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them [accordingly]. Indeed, the hypocrites - it is they who are the defiantly disobedient." ― (QS. 9:67)

اسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ الشَّيْطَانُ فَأَنْسَاهُمْ ذِكْرَ اللَّهِ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ حِزْبُ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ أَلَا إِنَّ حِزْبَ الشَّيْطَانِ هُمُ الْخَاسِرُونَ

"Satan has overcome them and made them forget the remembrance of Allah. Those are the party of Satan. Unquestionably, the party of Satan – they will be the losers." ― (58:19)

A believer remembers Allah always. The Prophet said,

يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي بِي، وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا ذَكَرَنِي، فَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي نَفْسِهِ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي نَفْسِي، وَإِنْ ذَكَرَنِي فِي مَلأٍ ذَكَرْتُهُ فِي مَلأٍ خَيْرٍ مِنْهُمْ، وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَىَّ بِشِبْرٍ تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ ذِرَاعًا، وَإِنْ تَقَرَّبَ إِلَىَّ ذِرَاعًا تَقَرَّبْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَاعًا، وَإِنْ أَتَانِي يَمْشِي أَتَيْتُهُ هَرْوَلَةً ‏

"Allah says, 'I am just as My slave thinks I am, (i.e. I am able to do for him what he thinks I can do for him) and I am with him if He remembers Me. If he remembers Me in himself, I too, remember him in Myself; and if he remembers Me in a group of people, I remember him in a group that is better than they; and if he comes one span nearer to Me, I go one cubit nearer to him; and if he comes one cubit nearer to Me, I go a distance of two outstretched arms nearer to him; and if he comes to Me walking, I go to him running.' " [HR Al-Bukhari, 7405]

A hypocrite, wants people to know that he offers the Salaah, recites the Qur'an. Doles out charity, is very respectable, participates in jihad, observes fasting but when he is by himself, he has nothing to do with religion. He perpetrates the forbidden when no one sees him. Thawban, radhiyallahu 'anhu, narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said,

لأَعْلَمَنَّ أَقْوَامًا مِنْ أُمَّتِي يَأْتُونَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ بِحَسَنَاتٍ أَمْثَالِ جِبَالِ تِهَامَةَ بِيضًا فَيَجْعَلُهَا اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ هَبَاءً مَنْثُورًا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ ثَوْبَانُ ‏:‏ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صِفْهُمْ لَنَا جَلِّهِمْ لَنَا أَنْ لاَ نَكُونَ مِنْهُمْ وَنَحْنُ لاَ نَعْلَمُ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏:‏ ‏"‏ أَمَا إِنَّهُمْ إِخْوَانُكُمْ وَمِنْ جِلْدَتِكُمْ وَيَأْخُذُونَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ كَمَا تَأْخُذُونَ وَلَكِنَّهُمْ أَقْوَامٌ إِذَا خَلَوْا بِمَحَارِمِ اللَّهِ انْتَهَكُوهَا ‏

“I certainly know people of my nation who will come on the Day of Resurrection with good deeds like the mountains of Tihamah, but Allah will make them like scattered dust.” Thawban said: “O Messenger of Allah, describe them to us and tell us more, so that we will not become of them unknowingly.” He said: “They are your brothers and from your race, worshipping at night as you do, but they will be people who, when they are alone, transgress the sacred limits of Allah.” - [HR Ibn Majah; Hasan]

Hell will be fueled with people of three kinds who had done anything to show off, the martyr, a recitor of the Qur'an, and a philanthropist. Though they are doers of highly rewarding things, yet the intention must be sincere and there should be no ostentation. Ostentation is a blame-worthy quality and it is a minor kind of polytheism. It ruins the deed that is done ostentatiously and instead of fetching reward it makes the door liable to punishment. It is another sign of the hypocrite.
A warrior may hope to earn a name for himself by taking part in jihad. A recitor of the Qur'an or a scholar may aim at receiving people's acclamation and things have come to such a pass that they want their names in large print in advertisements of meetings and gatherings. A philanthropist imagines that other people will speak of him as a kind-hearted, generous person. If all these things are done to gain Allah's pleasures and there is no desire at all to be noticed and applauded then even if the doer earns fame there is no harm.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who makes his doings heard, Allah will make his (evil intention) heard and he who shows off, Allah will make him be seen (with his intention)." This showing-off is a kind of minor polytheism. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "What I fear most for you is the minor polytheism." They asked, “O Allah’s Messenger! What is the minor polytheism?” He said, "Ostentation. Allah will say on the Day of Resurrection when He rewards the people for their deeds, 'Go to those whom you showed (your doings) in the world, and sees if you find with them a reward.'" Allah leaves the person with his ostentatious deed and polytheism. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "On the day of resurrection, Allah will say, "I am unconcerned of the association of the partners. He who associated anything with me in any deed then I shall abandon him and whom he associates (with me)."
We must do everything we can to shun ostentation. The moment a person wishes to be known to people, he begins to do deeds for them to see though he may be basically evil. If he would show humbleness for Allah's sake, Allah will raise him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "No one is humble without Allah raising him."

The hypocrite must realise that his deeds will be wasted if he does them to be seen and it will amount to association with Allah. Only Allah can reward or punish. No one else can do that. A man may do his utmost to avoid associating anything with Allah, but he might fail. The Prophet (ﷺ) taught this prayer for that and Allah is the One Who forgives,

اللّهُـمَّ إِنّـي أَعـوذُبِكَ أَنْ أُشْـرِكَ بِكَ وَأَنا أَعْـلَمْ، وَأَسْتَـغْفِرُكَ لِما لا أَعْـلَم

(Allaahumma 'innee 'a'oothu bika 'an 'ushrika bika wa 'anaa 'a'lamu, wa 'astaghfiruka limaa laa 'a'lamu)
"O Allah, I seek refuge in You lest I associate anything with You knowingly, and I seek Your forgiveness for what I know not." [HR Ahmad 4/403. See also Al-Albani, Sahih ul-Jami' As-Saghir 3/233 and Sahih ut-Targhib wat- Tarhib 1/19]

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Bahasa

Hypocrisy (1)

Passer asked, "O Chameleon, my brother, I beg your pardon, when I was in school, I was taught that chameleons changed color according to the color of the surrounding environment to camouflage. Is it true?" Chameleon said, "Subhanallah! We, Chameleons, can run at 33 kilometers per hour. When an enemy attacks, we will be able to easily escape, not hiding. So why do we change color? In fact, we cannot choose the color according to what we want, but depends on mood, temperature and light. If we were angry, then our skin color would turn dark. But in the mating season, our color would turn bright to attract our opposite sex, and if we were cold, our body color would darken because dark color would absorb heat more easily, our body color could change to various colors like pink, blue, orange, red, yellow, and green. What is certain is, we are different from hypocrites, those who take sides here and there, provided they benefit themselves. We are the servants of Allah who do not associate partners with Him, we always glorify Him in every breath we take."
Passer said, "So, O my brother, tell us about the hypocrites!" Chameleon said, "O my brothers and sisters, I am only a servant of Allah, poor in knowledge, what I will tell you, only what I have heard from my teacher and from the book referenced by my teacher. So, listen carrefully!

When Allah sent His Prophet (ﷺ) and he (ﷺ) announced his mission, some people rejected him and some believed. Of the latter kind, some merely put one garb of faith without really believing, so that they caused mischief. They are called the Munafiq or hypocrites. A hypocrite is two-faced and such people are the worst of mankind. Narrated Abu Huraira, the Prophet (ﷺ) said,

‏ تَجِدُ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ ذَا الْوَجْهَيْنِ، الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلاَءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلاَءِ بِوَجْهٍ

"The worst people in the Sight of Allah on the Day of Resurrection will be the double faced people who appear to some people with one face and to other people with another face." (HR Al-Bukhari, 6058]

The hypocrite will lean towards that which seems profitable and is the most dangerous of men. The history of the Muslims bears witness that they have always suffered at the hands of the hypocrites, and it is the same story today. If a ruler is a hypocrite then Muslims suffer a set back and decline. The Prophet (ﷺ) warned the Muslims of the hypocrite very often. He (ﷺ) said, as narrated by Umar ibn al-Khattab,

إِنَّ أَخْوَفَ مَا أَخَافُ عَلَى أُمَّتِي كُلُّ مُنَافِقٍ عَلِيمِ اللِّسَانِ

"Verily, among what I fear most for my nation is every hypocrite with a knowledgeable tongue." [Musnad Aḥmad 140; Sahih (authentic) according to Ahmad Shakir]

This is why the Sahabah, radhiyallahu 'anhum, and their successors in every generation were ever wary of hypocrisy lest it grow in their hearts. And every Muslim must always be cautious and fearful of hypocrisy and he must keep away from everything that is liable to grow hypocrisy. Once it encroaches irto the heart, it keeps spreading and growing and might even cause a dent in belief and faith leading him to the deepest pit of hell. Alternatively, it might involve him in major sins and he might not repent has a result of which he would go to hell, or, the reward for his deeds might be reduced because of his hypocrisy.

Today, the malady of hypocrisy has made in-roads among the Muslims. So, O my brothers and sisters, the aim of our discussion, is meant to induce us to shun hypocritical deeds and to help us recognise the hypocrite. The sincere believer may then protect himself from hypocrisy. The need of the hour is to adhere to Islam and wage jihad against the infidels, but the hypocrites have created innumerable doubts about jihad to such an extent that the Mujahids (warriors) who participate in Jihad are wavering and unsure. Besides, the hypocrites side with the disbelievers so that victory seems a distant, vague dream. Together with the enemies of Islam, the leaders of Islam countries do their bit to harm Islam.
The Arabic word Nifaq means hypocrisy. The word Munafiq is derived from Nafiqa. It means the hole of the wild rat that it conceals with just enough mud that would give in when it strikes its head on it. It keeps this side concealed and the other disclosed. The Munafiq, or the hypocrite, is so-called because he conceals disbelief and discloses (the other side) his faith. Hasan, rahmatullah alaih, defined hypocrisy thus, "It is said that hypocrisy is the difference between the secret and the apparent, between the word and the deed, and between the entry and the exit. And it is said that the base of hypocrisy on which it is raised is falsehood."
Hypocrisy is a deep rooted and all-pervading spiritual disease. A person’s heart could be overflowing with it yet be oblivious of it due to its hidden and subde nature; frequendy does it lead a person to think he is acting righdy when in reality he is spreading corruption.

There are two kinds of hypocrisy, that which concerns belief, major hypocrisy or nifaq akbar or nifaq i’tiqadi, and that which is put in practice, or nifaq ‘amali, or minor hypocrisy or nifaq ashghar. Firstly, nifaq i’tiqadi, hypocrisy in belief, is to value the convictions of the infidels, to associate partners with Allah, to despise Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and to conceal it but pretend to have faith and love for him, to practice contrary to the declaration of faith, to prefer another than Allah for Judgement and to prefer the command for one other than the Prophet (ﷺ). Such people were undoubtedly infidels. They had concealed disbelief for personal motives to promote their blameworthy aims. Instead of defending religion, they tried to smother the faith of the Muslims and cast-doubt in their minds about the Prophet (ﷺ). Sometimes they fought against the Muslims out of hatred and jealousy, but when their motives demanded it, they displayed immense love for the Muslims.
Secondly, nifaq ‘amali, practical hypocrisy, does not expel a person from Islam but makes him resemble a hypocrite. He has one of the signs of hypocrisy, like falsehood. Betrayal of trust, breaking a promise, abusing and reviling, and so on. It is the consensus of the ulama that such a person does not come out of the folds of Islam but is definitely a great sinner and there always is the likelihood of his becoming a hypocrite in belief.
Hafiz Abdus Salaam Ibn Muhammad says about it, 'If a believer happens to commit these sins once in a while, then he does not classify as a hypocrite because believers are also prone to commit sins. But, if the sin is committed habitually, then the person is a hypocrite. If all these signs are found in anyone then it is impossible that he believe in Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) sincerely. Thus, if he is a confirmed liar, he never fulfils his promise, he is given to betray then he is not only a hypocrite in practice but also in belief, because faith is included in speech and in promise. Falsehood is alien to believers. Allah says,

اِنَّمَا یَفۡتَرِی الۡکَذِبَ الَّذِیۡنَ لَا یُؤۡمِنُوۡنَ بِاٰیٰتِ اللّٰہِ ۚ وَ اُولٰٓئِکَ ہُمُ الۡکٰذِبُوۡنَ

"They only invent falsehood who do not believe in the verses of Allah, and it is those who are the liars." - (QS.16:105)

Passer asked, "What causes of hypocrisy to grow?" Chameleon said, "History reveals that one of the following three things cause hypocrisy to grow. Firstly, greed. When Islam gains ground and spreads and Muslims have the power to decide, some sick souls surface and intrude in high ranks to further their nefarious designs; secondly, jealousy. Some of the people who intrude into Muslim ranks, bear malice towards Islam and the Muslims, they try to harm Islam through deception. They pretend to embrace Islam to save their skins but profess disbelief inwardly and are very jealous and wicked inside. Outwardly, they express love for Muslims and show that they have a missionary zeal; thirdly, trial. When the believers face trials through persecution at the hands of tyrants and are consigned to death because of their belief, only the sincere persevere. The hypocrites seek refuge with the disbelievers."
The Prophet (ﷺ) said about four things that one who possesses them is a hypocrite. These four things are not the signs of hypocrisy in belief and the perpetrator is not cast out of Islam, but they are signs of hypocrisy in practice and the perpetrator is a sinner and a disobedient. However, one who continues to behave in this way will end up as a hypocrite in belief. The Prophet (ﷺ) made mention of these because they are important and are generally found in the hypocrites, otherwise there are many other signs that were perpetrated in the Prophet's (ﷺ) times. The Qur'an mentions them at different places. In one of his sayings, the Prophet (ﷺ) named only three signs, falsehood, betrayal and cheating. Actually, dishonesty is of three kinds, in speech, in deed and in intention, they are respectively falsehood betrayal of trust and breaking of promise. When trust is missing, faith vanishes."

Passer said, "Tell us about the signs and deeds of hypocrisy in the light of the Qur'an the Hadith!" Chameleon said, "First things first, falsehood. Lying is the root of all evil. It leads to hell. It brings disgrace. It belies testimony and is the base of hypocrisy and disbelief. Narrated `Abdullah, the Prophet (ﷺ) said,

إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ، وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَصْدُقُ حَتَّى يَكُونَ صِدِّيقًا، وَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ، وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ، وَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَكْذِبُ، حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا

"Truthfulness leads to righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise. And a man keeps on telling the truth until he becomes a truthful person. Falsehood leads to Al-Fajur (i.e. wickedness, evil-doing), and Al-Fajur (wickedness) leads to the (Hell) Fire, and a man may keep on telling lies till he is written before Allah, a liar." [HR Al-Bukhari, 6094]

Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, the Prophet (ﷺ) said,

أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا إِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ، وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ

"Whoever has the following four (characteristics) will be a pure hypocrite and whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy unless and until he gives it up.
1. Whenever he is entrusted, he betrays.
2. Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie.
3. Whenever he makes a covenant, he proves treacherous.
4. Whenever he quarrels, he behaves in a very imprudent, evil and insulting manner."
[HR Al-Bukhari, 34]

He may offer the Salaah regularly and fast without break and call himself a Muslim, but if he perpetrates these things, then he is a hypocrite in the true sense. According to a Hadith narrated by Abu Hurairah, when the Prophet (ﷺ) outlined the three characteristics, someone asked, "O Messenger of Allah, even if only one remains?" He said, "It does not cease to be in his heart as long as there remains something of it in him."
And Allah describes the conduct of the hypocrites,

وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنۡ یَّقُوۡلُ اٰمَنَّا بِاللّٰہِ وَ بِالۡیَوۡمِ الۡاٰخِرِ وَ مَا ہُمۡ بِمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ ۘ

"And of the people are some who say, "We believe in Allah and the Last Day," but they are not believers." - (QS.2:8)

یُخٰدِعُوۡنَ اللّٰہَ وَ الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا ۚ وَ مَا یَخۡدَعُوۡنَ اِلَّاۤ اَنۡفُسَہُمۡ وَ مَا یَشۡعُرُوۡنَ ؕ

"They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not." - (QS.2:9)

فِیۡ قُلُوۡبِہِمۡ مَّرَضٌ ۙ فَزَادَہُمُ اللّٰہُ مَرَضًا ۚ وَ لَہُمۡ عَذَابٌ اَلِیۡمٌۢ ۬ۙ بِمَا کَانُوۡا یَکۡذِبُوۡنَ

"In their hearts is disease, so Allah has increased their disease; and for them is a painful punishment because they [habitually] used to lie." - (QS.2:10)

The hypocrites lie with their tongues but Allah discloses what their hearts hold. Lying is such a malady that if it is not checked, it goes on aggravating. Several lies are told to conceal one and though truth may push one into trial, the ultimate result is always good as happened with Ka'b Ibn Maalik In the present times, some people maintain that to speak lies is rewarding. What doubt remains after that their hypocrisy. To speak lies is sinful and hypocritical, Allah says,

اِذَا جَآءَکَ الۡمُنٰفِقُوۡنَ قَالُوۡا نَشۡہَدُ اِنَّکَ لَرَسُوۡلُ اللّٰہِ ۘ وَ اللّٰہُ یَعۡلَمُ اِنَّکَ لَرَسُوۡلُہٗ ؕ وَ اللّٰہُ یَشۡہَدُ اِنَّ الۡمُنٰفِقِیۡنَ لَکٰذِبُوۡنَ

"When the hypocrites come to you, [O Muhammad], they say, 'We testify that you are the Messenger of Allah.' And Allah knows that you are His Messenger, and Allah testifies that the hypocrites are liars." - (63:1)

A false joke, jest and story are also in the same classification. The Prophet (ﷺ) said "Woe to one who lies, who lies when he speaks that people may laugh. Woe to him. Woe to him."
However, there is something that seems to be lying, referred to as Tawriyah, which shows that what is spoken is not true, but from one side, the statement revealed is true. Namely, tawriyah, to reconcile Muslims with each other, to lie in war, and tawriyah of husband and wife, with the aim of bringing goodness to the household. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "I do not count it as a lie," and he named each of the three things.
A person may reconcile two differing men by telling one that the other speaks highly of him and saying similar things to the other. In war, one may issue encouraging statements like 'So many disbelievers are killed,' 'reinforcements are on the way. And a husband and wife may lie to one another to increase their mutual love.
Any lie apart from this, is hypocrisy. It may be light-hearted or serious, out of necessity or to fool others, to instigate the rulers against someone, to alter a religious ruling, to forge a Hadith, to attribute reward against a piety on one's own, to convey false news of war that is fought else where, the Hadith speaks of 'lying in war' only in the very country where it is fought, like Afghanistan or Kashmir. In order to encourage the Mujahidin (warriors) and boost their moral or to demoralize the enemy. The root cause of hypocrisy is false hood. The other sign of hypocrisy also arise because of falsehood. Hence, we must doour outmost to avoid it so that there is no share of hypocrisy in our record of deeds.

The hypocrites are quick to take false oaths in order to protect themselves. Allah says,

اِتَّخَذُوۡۤا اَیۡمَانَہُمۡ جُنَّۃً فَصَدُّوۡا عَنۡ سَبِیۡلِ اللّٰہِ فَلَہُمۡ عَذَابٌ مُّہِیۡنٌ

"They took their [false] oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah, and for them is a humiliating punishment." - (58:16)

اِتَّخَذُوۡۤا اَیۡمَانَہُمۡ جُنَّۃً فَصَدُّوۡا عَنۡ سَبِیۡلِ اللّٰہِ ؕ اِنَّہُمۡ سَآءَ مَا کَانُوۡا یَعۡمَلُوۡنَ

"They have taken their oaths as a cover, so they averted [people] from the way of Allah . Indeed, it was evil that they were doing." - (QS.63:2)

Zayd Ibn Arqam narrated, While I was taking part in a Ghazwa. I heard `Abdullah bin Ubai (bin Abi Salul) saying. "Don't spend on those who are with Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), that they may disperse and go away from him. If we return (to Medina), surely, the more honorable will expel the meaner amongst them." I reported that (saying) to my uncle or to `Umar who, in his turn, informed the Prophet (ﷺ) of it. The Prophet (ﷺ) called me and I narrated to him the whole story. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sent for `Abdullah bin Ubai and his companions, and they took an oath that they did not say that. So Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) disbelieved my saying and believed his. I was distressed as I never was before. I stayed at home and my uncle said to me. "You just wanted Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) to disbelieve your statement and hate you." So Allah revealed (the Sura beginning with) 'When the hypocrites come to you.' (63.1) The Prophet (ﷺ) then sent for me and recited it and said, "O Zaid! Allah confirmed your statement." [HR Al-Bukhari. 4900]
False oath is a sign of hypocrisy and also a major sin. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "the major sins are, associating partners, killing anyone and a false oath."
If any one lies in order to promote his sale then he too falls under the purview of this Hadith. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "There are three to whom Allah will not speak on the day of resurrection, not look at them, a man who swears over his price that he was getting more than what he gets (for his merchandise) and he lies. And a man who takes a false oath after asr in order that he might flee with a Muslim's property at that moment." A version in Muslim, also has the words, "and Allah will not purify them and for them is a painful punishment and a man who disposes of his merchandise after taking a false oath and ends (the transaction)."
A false testimony is both a major sin and hypocrisy because it is a falsehood. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The gravest of major sins are ascribing partner to Allah, disobeying parents slaying someone and false testimony, False testimony! False testimony!"
The hypocrites also use false pretext. The Prophet (ﷺ) was occupied in the preparation for the Battle of Tabuk. He said to the chief of Banu Salama, Jadd Ibn Qays, "Are you ready to engage Banu Al-Asfar?" He said, "Do you permit me not to participate in jihad? Do not involve me in a trial. By Allah, my people know that no one loves women as I do, and I fear I might not withhold myself on seeing the women of Banu Asfar." The Prophet (ﷺ) turned away from him and said, "I give you permission." Afterwards, this verse was revealed concerning this man, Jadd Ibn Qays,

وَ مِنۡہُمۡ مَّنۡ یَّقُوۡلُ ائۡذَنۡ لِّیۡ وَ لَا تَفۡتِنِّیۡ ؕ اَلَا فِی الۡفِتۡنَۃِ سَقَطُوۡا ؕ وَ اِنَّ جَہَنَّمَ لَمُحِیۡطَۃٌۢ بِالۡکٰفِرِیۡنَ

"And among them is he who says, "Permit me [to remain at home] and do not put me to trial." Unquestionably, into trial they have fallen. And indeed, Hell will encompass the disbelievers." - (QS.9:49)

Any word or deed that has something of a lie in it is a major sin. This is why Allah has said that a painful punishment awaits the hypocrites, those who sell by telling lies and other liars. The hypocrites like to abuse others. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A believer is not one who taunts, nor one who reviles, nor one who is immoral, nor one who is shameless." We have seen also the Prophet's (ﷺ) saying that if anyone possesses four things, then he is a hypocrite and one of these is that he abuses when he quarrels. While it is allowed to avenge an abuse and it does not classify as hypocrisy, it is not allowed to exceed or to forge falsehood. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When two men revile one another, whatever they say is against the first one as long as the wronged-one does not transgress (in seeking revenge)." If the wronged-one forges a lie against the initiator then both are hypocritical. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The two people who revile one another are both devilish, abusers and liars." But, if he endures patiently then it is good for him.
One may abuse a disbeliever and it is not a sign of hypocrisy to do it. During, the peace of Hudaybiyah, the infidel Urwah said (to the Prophet (ﷺ)), "By Allah, I see the faces belong to different tribes. They will desert you and leave you alone." At that Abu Bakr abused him, "(Go!) Lick the clitoris of Laat. Shall we desert him and leave him alone?..."

One of the signs of hipocrisy is to betray a trust. To be faithful to one's trust is an attribute of a Muslim. Even before he was commissioned, the Prophet (ﷺ) was known as Amin and Sadiq (trust worthy and truthful). Allah commands the believers to be faithful to their trusts.

اِنَّ اللّٰہَ یَاۡمُرُکُمۡ اَنۡ تُؤَدُّوا الۡاَمٰنٰتِ اِلٰۤی اَہۡلِہَا ۙ وَ اِذَا حَکَمۡتُمۡ بَیۡنَ النَّاسِ اَنۡ تَحۡکُمُوۡا بِالۡعَدۡلِ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ نِعِمَّا یَعِظُکُمۡ بِہٖ ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ کَانَ سَمِیۡعًۢا بَصِیۡرًا

"Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due and when you judge between people to judge with justice. Excellent is that which Allah instructs you. Indeed, Allah is ever Hearing and Seeing." - (QS.4:58)

Allah has mentioned often in the Qur'an that the believer is faithful to his trusts. When He names the successful inheritors of paradise, He says,

وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَانَاتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَاعُونَ

"And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive" - (QS.70:32)

And to be unfaithful to trusts is a major sign of hypocrisy. Narrated Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,

آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلاَثٌ إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَإِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ

"The sign of a hypocrite is that whenever he speaks he lies, and whenever he makes a promise he does not fulfill it, and if he is entrusted he betrays." [Sunan at-Tirmidhi, 2631; Sahih]

The Prophet (ﷺ) also said that one who betrays his trust has no faith and one who breaks his promise has no religion. The meaning of amanah (trust) is very wide it is not merely to keep some material in trust. "

The following forms are part of trust, firstly, entrusting money or property. Allah say,

وَ مِنۡ اَہۡلِ الۡکِتٰبِ مَنۡ اِنۡ تَاۡمَنۡہُ بِقِنۡطَارٍ یُّؤَدِّہٖۤ اِلَیۡکَ ۚ وَ مِنۡہُمۡ مَّنۡ اِنۡ تَاۡمَنۡہُ بِدِیۡنَارٍ لَّا یُؤَدِّہٖۤ اِلَیۡکَ اِلَّا مَادُمۡتَ عَلَیۡہِ قَآئِمًا ؕ ذٰلِکَ بِاَنَّہُمۡ قَالُوۡا لَیۡسَ عَلَیۡنَا فِی الۡاُمِّیّٖنَ سَبِیۡلٌ ۚ وَ یَقُوۡلُوۡنَ عَلَی اللّٰہِ الۡکَذِبَ وَ ہُمۡ یَعۡلَمُوۡنَ

"And among the People of the Scripture is he who, if you entrust him with a great amount [of wealth], he will return it to you. And among them is he who, if you entrust him with a [single] silver coin, he will not return it to you unless you are constantly standing over him [demanding it]. That is because they say, 'There is no blame upon us concerning the unlearned.' And they speak untruth about Allah while they know [it]." ― (QS. 3:75)

Secondly, religion. Allah has declared that the Shari'ah is a trust with us, we must preserve it and not be treacherous otherwise we will not be true Muslims, but polytheists or hypocrites. Allah says,

إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَالْجِبَالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَحْمِلْنَهَا وَأَشْفَقْنَ مِنْهَا وَحَمَلَهَا الْإِنْسَانُ ۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ ظَلُومًا جَهُولًا

"Truly, We did offer Al-Amanah (the trust or moral responsibility or honesty and all the duties which Allah has ordained) to the heavens and the earth, and the mountains, but they declined to bear it and were afraid of it (i.e. afraid of Allah's Torment). But man bore it. Verily, he was unjust (to himself) and ignorant (of its results)." - (QS.33:72)

Here, the trust includes the commands of Shari’ah, the obligatory fard and wajib duties discharging which fetches reward and neglecting them makes one liable to punishment. Allah has decided that the hypocrite's hypocrisy, the Mushrik's polytheism or idolatry and the believer's faith may become obvious. And He may reward or punish them. Allah says,

لِيُعَذِّبَ اللَّهُ الْمُنَافِقِينَ وَالْمُنَافِقَاتِ وَالْمُشْرِكِينَ وَالْمُشْرِكَاتِ وَيَتُوبَ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا

"[It was] so that Allah may punish the hypocrite men and hypocrite women and the men and women who associate others with Him and that Allah may accept repentance from the believing men and believing women. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful." - (QS.33:73)

Thirdly, secret or conversation. If a person confides in another then that is a trust with him and he is not allowed to disclose it to anyone else. When the Prophet (ﷺ) sent Lubabah Ibn Abdul Mundhir to Banu Qurayzah to command them to come down from their forts, they sought his advice and he pointed out to his throat, indicating that they would be executed. So, Allah revealed,

یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَا تَخُوۡنُوا اللّٰہَ وَ الرَّسُوۡلَ وَ تَخُوۡنُوۡۤا اَمٰنٰتِکُمۡ وَ اَنۡتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ

"O you who have believed, do not betray Allah and the Messenger or betray your trusts while you know [the consequence]." - (QS.8:27)

When this verse was revealed, he bound himself to a pillar in Masjid Nabawi vowing not to eat anything nor release himself till Allah accepted his repentance. After nine days, he became unconscious and Allah accepted his repentance. That their necks would be severed was a trust with him, but he failed to preserve it. If a person looks here and there before he speaks to another, then his words are a trust with him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "When a person speaks and turns (here and there) then it is a trust."
In the same way, a meeting or a consultation is a trust as long as permission is not granted to make the proceedings public of course, if a conspiracy is hatched, say, to kill someone, then such a meeting is not a trust. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Meetings are trusts except three kinds of meetings (that resolve) to shed blood, to commit indecency and to misappropriate someone's property."
In fact it, is fard to disclose the proceedings of meetings where evil things are decided to be done so that people do not suffer unnecessarily. Also, it is not allowed to anyone to compel a member of the meeting to disclose its proceedings. The private life of a couple is also a trust. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The greatest (breach) of the trusts in Allah's sight on the day of resurrection is a man approaching his wife and the woman coming to him. Then he publicises her secrets."

Fourthly, responsibilities and offices. On for the occasion the key to of the conquest of Makkah, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked for the key to the Kaaba and openned its door. As he (ﷺ) was coming out, this verse was revealed,

اِنَّ اللّٰہَ یَاۡمُرُکُمۡ اَنۡ تُؤَدُّوا الۡاَمٰنٰتِ اِلٰۤی اَہۡلِہَا

"Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to whom they are due..." - (QS.4:58)

Sayyidina Abbas, radhiyallahu 'anhu, had suggested that he should be entrusted the key too in addition to the office of providing water that he already held. But the Prophet (ﷺ) restored the key to Uthman Ibn Talha, radhiyallahu 'anhu. The trust restored to him. The office should be given to one who is qualified for it. Before entrusting anyone with a responsibility or an office, he must be examined whether he is worthy of it or not, if the person who hands it over without examining him, then he himself betrays his trust. And one who is given the responsibility, must do his best to discharge it honestly, otherwise, he is treacherous. Examples are an amir, a teacher, a treasurer or any other office. They must be honest and sincere in their leadership, teaching, handling of cash, and other responsibilities, otherwise they commit breach of trust. The Prophet (ﷺ) said to Abu Dharr "O Abu Dharr, you are weak while this is a trust. On the day of resurrection, it may cause disgrace and regret except to one who takes it justly and gives the right due against it."

Another sign of hipocrisy is, to deceive. No religion approves deception. Islam retains every good thing and abolishes every thing that is bad. The Prophet (ﷺ) laid down a common principle when he said,

مَنْ غَشَّ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا

"He who deceives does not belong to us." [Jami` at-Tirmidhi; 1315; Sahih]

And whenever he sent an army, he instructed the Amir (or the commander) to retrain from deceiving anyone. He would instruct him particularly to fear Allah and to be a well-wisher of the Muslims accompanying him. He would say, "Fight in the name of Allah, in His path. Fight him who rejects Allah. And do not betray, do not deceive, do not mutilate and do not kill children."
He gave the instruction not to deceive to every advancing army, small unit or a caravan. If anyone deceives after concluding a covenant, whether with the Muslims or the disbelievers, with the amir or with his subordinates then he does have a major sign of hypocrisy in him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said "On the day of resurrection, every deceiver will have a banner by his back whereby he would be recognised. It will be said that he is the deceiver of so-and-so."

Another sign of hypocrisy is, neglecting the salaah. After reciting the Kalimah Shahadah, Salah is the base of Islam and if anyone does not observe it intentionally then he is out of the folds of Islam and it is allowed to kill him. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, “I have been commanded to fight against the people till they testify that there is no illaah but Allah and that I am Allah's Messenger, and they establish the Salah and pay the Zakah. When they do that, they have protected from me their blood and their properties, save that (they will give) the rights of Islam, and their reckoning will be in Allah's hands."
He (ﷺ) also said, "Between a man, and polytheism and disbelief is neglect of the Salaah." The hypocrites also offered the Salaah lest they be counted among the disbelievers, but they were lethargic and there were shortcomings in their Salaah of certain people he named was hypocritical. The hypocrites were distinguished by these shortcomings in the Salah. First, being lethargic and late-comers. It is the attribute of the believer that he preserves the Salaah, observes it on time, comes to it willingly and performs other forms of worship with zeal.
The Prophet (ﷺ) would wake up for the Salaah with zeal. Someone asked Umm Al-Mu'mineen, Aishah, radhiyallahu 'anha, "When did he (ﷺ) wake up for the Salah?" She said, "When he (ﷺ) heard the cock crow, he (ﷺ) would get up and offer the Salaah."

Allah says about the hypocrites,

اِنَّ الۡمُنٰفِقِیۡنَ یُخٰدِعُوۡنَ اللّٰہَ وَ ہُوَ خَادِعُہُمۡ ۚ وَ اِذَا قَامُوۡۤا اِلَی الصَّلٰوۃِ قَامُوۡا کُسَالٰی ۙ یُرَآءُوۡنَ النَّاسَ وَ لَا یَذۡکُرُوۡنَ اللّٰہَ اِلَّا قَلِیۡلًا

"Indeed, the hypocrites [think to] deceive Allah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they stand lazily, showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allah except a little." - (4:142)

Anas bin Maalik narrated that he heard Allah 's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "This is the Salah of the hypocrite: he sits awaiting the sun (to set) till when it is between the two horns of the devil (and turns yellow), he rises and offers it the four raka'at, not mentioning (Allah) there in but a little."

Second, offering salaah at one jump. The believers are humble and attentive in their Salah. Such people will be successful. Without humbleness and attentiveness, the Salah fetches no reward. If anyone hurries through the Salaah, then it is no Salaah. Rifa'ah Ibn Rafi narrated that while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was seated in the mosque one day and they were also seated around him (ﷺ), a man came in. He seemed to be a villager. He faced the Qiblah and offered two raka'at standing near Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and he made his Salah very light. He did not perfect his ruku and sujud. When he finished, he came and offered salaam to the Prophet (ﷺ) and the people around. He (ﷺ) responded, "And to you" and said, "Go and offer the Salaah, for you have not offered it." So he went and repeated the like of what he had offered. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) observed his Salaah intently and the man could not fathom what defect he detected in it. When he finished his Salaah, he came again and offered Salaam to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the people around. He said, "and to you! But, go and offer the Salaah, for, you have not offered it." So he repeated it.... Three times...
This is how the hypocrite offers the Salaah. If he does not go through the postures of standing, bowing and prostration calmly, then his praying is like a hen pecking at the seeds spread on the ground. In these times, some people make a symbolic bowing and prostration in Salah. We must be cautious lest our Salah be rejected and resemble the hypocrites which is only to be seen by men so that they are not bracketed with the infidels.
They are worshippers, yet they face destruction. Their Salaah is just in name, shorn of little mention of Allah, lacks humbleness of heart, is offered out of time and there is no calmness. Or, they are irregular at offering it, or have ceased to offer it.

Third, to regard salaah as a burden. The Salaah with the congregation is fard on every Muslim, man who is free, sane, mature, healthy. If he does not attend without a reason valid in Shari'ah, then his Salah is not approved. There are many sayings of the Prophet (ﷺ) and his Sahabah that confirm this statement. Ibn Abbas narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who hears the adhan but does not come to it, for him is no Salaah unless he has a reason.” Ali said, "There is no Saalah for the neighbour of the mosque, except in the mosque. Someone asked, "Who is the mosque's neighbour?" He said: "One who hears the call (adhan)."
To stay from the Salaah, is the conduct of the hypocrite. Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "By Him in whose hand is my soul, I did resolve to give instructions for wood to be gathered, then for the Salaah for which the adhan may be called. Then I would command a man to lead the people (in Salsah) and I would go after the men (who stay away from the Salaah) and burn down their homes over them. By Him in whose hand is my soul, were any of them to know that he would find a fat meaty bone or a pair of good sheep's hoofs, he would surely come to the (Salah of) Isha! "
He (ﷺ) also said, "The most burdensome Salaah for the hypocrite is the Salaah of Isha and of Fajr. If they knew what is given (in reward) for them, then they would come to them, even though they have to drag themselves. Indeed, I resolved to command for the Salah to begin and for a man to lead the others. Then I would go with some men carrying with them dry wood to the people who do not present themselves for the Salaah, and I would burn down their homes over them with fire."
The hypocrites find the Salaah of fajr and lsha burdensome, because they are sleepy at these hours. Here, lies the difference between the hours. Here lies the difference between the believer and the hypocrite. The former will wait for the Salah of lsha till midnight too. The Sahabah, radhiyallahu 'anhum, prayed the lsha late into the night, sometimes, and the fajr just as down set in and it still was dark. If anyone of them was ill, two men carried him to the mosque. Ibn Mas'ud narrated, "Indeed, I observed that among us, none stayed behind from the Salaah except the known hypocrite or a sick person. If he was sick, he walked between two men to come to the Salaah."

Fourth, failing to pray Friday three times without excuse. Allah has made Friday obligatory for the Muslims in order to train and purify them, to refresh in their minds of the Islamic commands and the knowledge of Shari'ah, and to receive admonition and advice. The Prophet (ﷺ) enumerated many merits of Friday salaah. And Allah says,

یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡۤا اِذَا نُوۡدِیَ لِلصَّلٰوۃِ مِنۡ یَّوۡمِ الۡجُمُعَۃِ فَاسۡعَوۡا اِلٰی ذِکۡرِ اللّٰہِ وَ ذَرُوا الۡبَیۡعَ ؕ ذٰلِکُمۡ خَیۡرٌ لَّکُمۡ اِنۡ کُنۡتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ

"O you who have believed, when [the adhan] is called for the prayer on the day of Jumu'ah [Friday], then proceed to the remembrance of Allah and leave trade. That is better for you, if you only knew." - (QS.62:9)

A Muslim is careful to observe the Friday Salaah and he keeps away from hypocrisy. One who misses three Friday salaahs, is recorded as a hypocrite and Allah puts a seal on his heart. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "People must cease to miss their Fridays else Allah will apply a seal on their hearts. Then they will become those who are neglectful." The Prophet (ﷺ) also said, "He who misses three Fridays without an excuse, will be recorded among the hypocrites." Now, imagine about one who does not pray the Friday Salaah at all. What kind of a seal will be applied on his heart? Let him think among which people will he be counted.

Fifth, making little mention of Allah. Allah has commanded us to make much Dhikr,

فَاذْكُرُونِي أَذْكُرْكُمْ وَاشْكُرُوا لِي وَلَا تَكْفُرُونِ

"So remember Me; I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me." - (QS.2:152)

وَ الذّٰکِرِیۡنَ اللّٰہَ کَثِیۡرًا وَّ الذّٰکِرٰتِ ۙ اَعَدَّ اللّٰہُ لَہُمۡ مَّغۡفِرَۃً وَّ اَجۡرًا عَظِیۡمً

"... and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward." - (QS.33:35)

As for the hypocrites, they make little mention of Allah. Abu Hurayrah narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He who remembers Allah often, is indeed free of hypocrisy." The people who remember and mention Allah much, make supplication in the Salaah, recite the Qur'an, make dhikr during Hajj, observe the rota of prayer, specified recitals and prescribed supplication for morning, coming and other times like riding, when there is a thunderstorm, on entering the mosque, while eating and drinking and at every time that the Prophet (ﷺ) made a supplication. The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the merits of Allah's Dhikr when he said, "Shall I not inform you of the best of your deeds, and the purest of them in the sight of your Master, that sun raise your degrees to the highest, and is better for you than spending gold and silver, and is better for you than that you should encounter the enemy, and you cut off their necks and they cut off your necks? The Sahabah said, "Of course," He said, "It is dhikr of Allah Ta'ala."
Many ahadith speak of the merits of Dhikr. A believers tongue must be engaged in remembrance of Allah always. One of the Sahabah requested the Prophet (ﷺ), "O Messenger of Allah, surely the laws of Islam overwhelm me, so advise of something to which I may stick." He said, "Let your tongue not cease to be supple by making mention of Allah."

[Part 2]

Bahasa

The Silly Lie

There was a greeting voice, saying, "O birds, may I share?" The birds look for who was talking, but could'nt find it. "Down here?" The voice came again. The birds followed the direction of the sound and look! There was a chameleon who was sitting on a tree trunk while waving his hands. Shama' said, "Of course my brother, please come forward!"
After saying the salaam, Chameleon said, "O my brothers and sisters, lying is the complete opposite of truth. So, anything that is untrue and deliberately intended to mislead another person is a lie. A lie, therefore, can be anything spoken or written that is totally or partially baseless, unreal, made-up, distorted or exaggerated; for example, if someone were to deliberately state that a five foot pole was a ten foot pole, then this would be a lie. Similarly praising someone out of proportion is a form of a lie.

Lying is a despicable vice, rampant in our societies. Deceiving others with the canny use of words is seen as clever. Public figures lie. Governments lie. One of the distinctions of our age is that lying no longer carries the stigma it once did. Today lying has become institutionalized. It is the way many of us live now, right from the top, because we figured out that if we are persuasive enough, lying works. Countries are invaded and wars are started based on lies. "We" never lie, we just bend the truth a little, put a spin, having no intention to mislead, but the "others" are liars. Ours is a society that has perfected the "art" of lying. Gone are the days when a lie destroyed the liar’s dignity and deprived him of our trust.
Islam views lying as a serious vice. Allah says,

وَٱلْخَٰمِسَةُ أَنَّ لَعْنَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

"And the fifth [oath will be] that the curse of Allah be upon him if he should be among the liars." - (QS.24:7)

Also

إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي مَنْ هُوَ كَاذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ

"...Indeed, Allah does not guide he who is a liar and [confirmed] disbeliever." - (QS.39-3)

The worst kind of lying is telling lies about Allah and His Messenger, then spreading lies among people in order to cause trouble between them. Habitually telling lies when speaking is one of the characteristics of the hypocrites, as the Prophet (ﷺ) said,

أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا، أَوْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ، حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ، وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ، وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ

“There are four characteristics, whoever has them all is a pure hypocrite, and whoever has one of them has one of the characteristics of hypocrisy, until he gives it up: when he is entrusted with something, he betrays that trust, when he speaks he lies, when he makes a covenant he betrays it, and when he disputes he resorts to obscene speech.” [Sahih Al-Bukhari, 2459]

Lying falls under the umbrella of falsehood and evil. It’s like a disease which manifests into various harmful symptoms which causes damage to the individual telling the lies and the people around him. Abdullah ibn Mas'ud, radhiyallahu 'anhu, narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,

عَلَيْكُمْ بِالصِّدْقِ فَإِنَّ الصِّدْقَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْبِرِّ وَإِنَّ الْبِرَّ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَمَا يَزَالُ الرَّجُلُ يَصْدُقُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الصِّدْقَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ صِدِّيقًا وَإِيَّاكُمْ وَالْكَذِبَ فَإِنَّ الْكَذِبَ يَهْدِي إِلَى الْفُجُورِ وَإِنَّ الْفُجُورَ يَهْدِي إِلَى النَّارِ وَمَا يَزَالُ الْعَبْدُ يَكْذِبُ وَيَتَحَرَّى الْكَذِبَ حَتَّى يُكْتَبَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ كَذَّابًا

"Abide by truthfulness. For indeed truthfulness leads to righteousness. And indeed righteousness leads to Paradise. A man continues telling the truth and trying hard to tell the truth until he is recorded with Allah as a truthful person. Refrain from falsehood. For indeed falsehood leads to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Fire. A slave (of Allah) continues lying and trying hard to lie, until he is recorded with Allah as a liar." [HR Jami' at-Tirmidhi, 1971; Sahih]

There is a story about a man tells a lie. Imam Bukhari and Muslim have transmitted in their own Sahih, the Hadith narrated by Abu Hurayrah, radhiyallahu 'anhu, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,

رَأَى عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ رَجُلاً يَسْرِقُ فَقَالَ لَهُ عِيسَى سَرَقْتَ قَالَ كَلاَّ وَالَّذِي لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ عِيسَى آمَنْتُ بِاللَّهِ وَكَذَّبْتُ نَفْسِي

"'Isa son of Maryam saw a person committing theft; thereupon 'Isa said to him, 'You committed theft.' He said, 'Nay. By Him besides Whom there is no god (I have not committed theft).' Thereupon 'Isa said, 'I affirm my faith in Allah It is my ownself that deceived me.'"

The Prophets, alayhimussalam, have an exclusive and unique character and their lives are distinct among human beings. They are not like other men and are not daunted by emotions. They are also given to respect humanity and are willing to take over blame in order to save a man from sin. Prophet 'Isa, alayhissalam, was one of the glorious and high-ranking Prophets of Allah. He saw a man stealing. His own eyes had seen him steal and it is the greatness of the Prophets that when they see someone do a wrong, they do not keep quiet about it. Hence, Prophet 'Isai lived up to that standard and asked the man, "Do you steal?" That fellow replied, "No! I was not stealing by Him besides Whom no one is worth worshipping."
So, when the man swore that he had not stolen, Prophet 'Isa, although he had seen him stealing with his own eyes, he confessed to the man, "I believe in Allah and contradict my eyes." In other words, he held a good opinion about another Muslim that he would not take a false vow. He protected the man from disgrace. We know thus that Prophets try to save a fellow-man from disgrace and shame. It is not that Prophet 'Isa could not distinguish between a liar and a truthful man, but he held the greatness of Allah's name very high in his eyes. It was wrong for him, therefore, to disagree with an oath on Allah, so he differed with the observance of his eyes.
This tells us that the Prophets are not supervisors over men and they do not punish them for their faults. The One Who sees them and is Watcher over them Who punishes them is Allah alone. One may swear a false oath and save his skin in this world but there is no escape from the punishment of Allah.

Of course, we must, as far as possible, conceal the faults of a Muslim from other people. If he apologises for his sins, or denies them, then we must accept his word provided it does not violate someone else's right and no one is put to hardship. If rights of other people are liable to be encroached upon by concealing a man's faults and sins then there is no harm in disclosing them. The disclosure must be made only to relevant people. We must refrain from revealing his secrets to people who are not concerned with the matter.
We know that the greatness of the Name of Allah is much and man must respect His Name. A Muslim must hold it higher than everything else. If anyone takes the Name of Allah or says something by it then he must not be repudiatgd or called to question. We must suppose that one who takes the Name of Allah and assures us by it then he cannot be lying , by that Name. And if he is a liar and lies by the Name of Allah then he will pay for it surely and be punished. Also, if anyone takes a false oath before a judge on the Name of Allah while there are true witnesses against him then the judge has authority to reject his oath particularly if he tries to usurp the rights of other people through the false oath.

Then Chameleon concluded, "O my brothers and sisters, fear Allah and be among those who are truthful. Lying can never lead to any good. None. Even though lying seems like an easy way out our problems, sometimes, and we tend to justify our white lies, thinking we wouldn’t have to suffer the consequences in our daily lives, be it at home or at our workplace or anywhere for that matter. However, what we tend to overlook is the consequences of lying may not be dire in this world but they will be in the Hereafter.
Telling the truth is one of the core foundations of what Islam stands on. Allah Ta'ala prohibits lying and implores us to choose righteousness and truthfulness above all else. And the truthful are most beloved by Allah Ta'ala. Truthfulness is commanded by Allah as a part of faith and is an indispensable quality of the believers. And Allah knows best."

References :
- Mohammad Zakariya Iqbal, Stories from the Hadith, Darul Uloom
- Imam Shamsu ed-Deen Dhahabi,Major Sins, Islambasics.com

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The Warning (2)

"From the history, we come to know that in 559 B.C. the successor of the leader of the Medes Kamboucha (Kaykobar) viz., Cyrus, came to power in an unusually speedy manner and within a short time he managed to unite the land of the Medes (Northwest Iran) and Persia and they accepted him as their one emperor." said Peacock, then he continued, "He became a powerful, independent ruler. The Persians called him Irsh or Gorush but the Greeks Knew him as Cyrus, whereas in Arabic he was called Khurus. This was at the time when Babilon was ruled by one of Nebuchadnezzar's successors— viz., Belleshazzar ibn Merodakh.
This king, although he was not as brave and courageous as Nebuchadnezzar, he was even more tyrannical and unjust and addicted to pleasurable activities, so much so that his subjects themselves became dissatisfied with his ways and his injustices, being on the point of rebellion against him. Hence the subjects of Babilon sent a deputation of their officers to speak to Cyrus, inviting him to come and save them from the injustices and persecutions of their king. This delegation reached Cyrus at a time while he was preparing for an expedition against the East. He listened to their request and accepted it. Afterwards when he finished his expedition to the East, he reached Babilon and destroyed the city, ending Babilon's reign. In this way he liberated the subjects from the tyrannical rule of Nebuchadnezzar. They willingly accepted Cyrus as there new lord and master.
When Cyrus entered Babilon as a conqueror, Daniel showed him the prophecies of the Torah, which were made by Jesiah and Jeremiah, alaihimussalam, about the person who was going to be responsible for liberating the Jews from bondage. It made such an impression on him that he made a public announcement that all the Jews were hencetorth free and were permitted to return to Palestine and Syria and free to rebuiled Jerusalem and to re-errect the Holy Temple at the expense of the Government treasury. He also announced that this religion of Bani Israel was the true religion and that the God of the Jews was the true God.

In the Book of Ezra, it is stated that because of Cyrus, the Jews were set free and acquired prosperity and the erection of the Holy temple was commenced but before it could be completed Cyrus died. His successor and son Kamboucha (Kaykobar) also died soon after. Then eight years later Daraju, the cousin of Cyrus succeeded him. In his reign the temple was completed. Now once again the Jews enjoyed peace and safety. They formed their own government. But because the previous Emperor of Babilon had burnt and destroyed all copies of the Torah, Ezra or Uzair at the insistence of the Jews rewrote the Torah from memory.
The Jews had suffered a tremendous blow as was explained in the lines above.These events were a great lesson and warning for all but it seemed us if they were as the Qur'an explains,

وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ ۖ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ آذَانٌ لَا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَا ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ كَالْأَنْعَامِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ ۚ أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْغَافِلُونَ

"And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have ears with which they do not hear. Those are like livestock; rather, they are more astray. It is they who are the heedless." - (QS.7:179)

Slowly they again made themselves guilty of injustices, wickedness and evil and soon were guilty of the same bad actions as before."

Green Pigeon said, "Who was Daniel?" Peacock said, "Daniel or Danyal, is usually considered in general to have been a prophet, but some say that he is a saintly man. There is a narration that retained some records of the two figures name Daniel in the Hebrew Bible, the first being the sage of ancient times mentioned by Ezekiel and the second being the visionary who lived at the time of the captivity in Babylon, whose life was chronicled in the Book of Daniel, canonized in the current Hebrew Bible. The first figure is referred to as Daniel Al-Akbar or "Daniel the Elder", whilst the second figure is referred to as Daniel ibn Ezekiel Al-Ashgar.
Ibn Katheer reported that Ibn Abi Al-Dunya narrated the following, based on a chain of citations. Nabuchadnezzar captured the two lions and threw them into a pit. He then brought Daniel and threw him at them; yet they did not pounce at him; rather, he remained as Allah wished. When then he desired food and drink, Allah revealed to Jeremiah, who was in Palestine, "Prepare food and drink for Daniel." He said, "O Rabb! I am in Jerusalem while Daniel is in Babylon (Iraq)." Allah revealed to him, "Do what I have commanded you to do, and I shall send you one who will carry you and what you have prepared." Jeremiah did so and Allah sent him something that would carry him until he arrived at the brink of the pit.
Then Daniel asked, "Who is this?" He answered, "I am Jeremiah." He asked, "What brought you?" He answered, "Your Rabb sent me to you." He said, "And so my Rabb has remembered me?" He said, "Yes." Daniel said, "Praise be to Allah Who never forgets those who appeal to Him! And Praise be to Him Who compensates good with good, rewards patience with safety, dispels harm after distress, assures us when we are overwhelmed, and is our hope when skill fails us."

Ibn Abu Dunya reported from Abu Bilal that Abu Musa found with Daniel a holy script and a container in which were dirhams, his ring and ointment. He wrote to Righly Guided Caliph, Umar Ibn Khattab, radhiyallahu 'anhu, who replied, "Send the scripture to us, send some of the ointment, tell the Muslims who are with you to use it, share the dirhams among them, and leave the ring for you."
Abu Bakr Ibn Abu Dunya related without citation that when Abu Musa was told that he was Daniel, he stayed with him, embraced him, and kissed him. Then he wrote to Righly Guided Caliph, Umar Ibn Khattab, radhiyallahu 'anhu, that he found with him nearly ten thousand Dhirhams. It used to be that people came to borrow from it, and if they did not return it, they became sick. Umar ordered his burial in a grave to be kept secret and the money to be sent to the treasury, with the box and the ring a gift to Abu Musa.
It is related of Abu Musa that he told four of the captives to dam the river and dig a grave in the middle, where he buried him. Then he beheaded the four captives in order for the secret to be kept from all except himself.
Ibn Abu Dunya also reported, by a chain of citations, that a ring was seen on the hand of Ibn Abu Barda Ibn Abu Musa. The gem was carved with two lions with a man between them, whom they were licking. Abu Barda said, "This is the ring of that man whom the people of this town say is Daniel. Abu Musa took it the day he was buried. The learned people of the town told Abu Musa that soothsayers and astrologers told the king in Daniel's time that a boy would be born who would destroy him and his kingdom. So the king swore to kill all the baby boys, except that they threw Daniel in the lions' den, and the lion and lioness began to lick him and did not harm him. His mother came and took him. Abu Musa said, "And so Daniel carved his image and the image of the two lions into the gem of his ring, for him not to forget Allah's blessing upon him in this.'" This has a good citation."

Peacock then continued, "In the era of the mission of Prophet Yahya, alayhissalam, on the surface of the earth of Judea, the effect of the preaching of Prophet Yahiya, was such that peoples hearts became submissive. Wherever he went, people used to flock around him. At that time the King of Judea was Herodies, who was known for being an evil man and a tyrant. Seeing the general popularity of Prophet Yahya, he started fearing that he might lose the throne of the land, and it might land in the lap of this guide of the people.
It so happened that his step brother died, whose wife was a very beautiful woman who apart from being his sister in-law, was also his niece. Herodius was in love with her and he married her. Such a marriage was against Jewish law and as such Prophet Yahya objected to it and tried to get him to fear Allah. When the woman heard of the objections by Prophet Yahya, she became very angry and she encouraged Herodias to kill Prophet Yahya. Herodias was himself intending such a step but hesitated somewhat but at the insistence of his "wife’ he had Prophet Yahya killed and be headed, then sent the severed head to her on a tray. It is strange and surprising that in spite of the popularity of Prophet Yahya, not a single Israeli had the courage to try to stop this cursed act or to object against it. Some of them even considered it a good action. 

Then come the era of Prophet 'Isa. He openly criticised their polytheistic innovations, their evil customs and irreligious attitudes. At that time, what capability was left in the Jewish nation to accept the truth? So apart from a small group of sincere ones the majority of them opposed him. At about that time the Nabaty King, Haarith, who was a relation of Herodias’s first wife and his father-in-law attacked him and after a bloody battle, defeated Herodias. This broke his power completely. The state of Judea remained alive through the strength of the Roman Empire.
Although at that time, the Jews used to say that the defeat suffered by Herodias and the Israelis was a result of the murder of Prophet Yahya, yet they did not seem to have learnt any lesson from the events and they still did not terminate their wicked ways. They continued to oppose Prophet 'Isa in all ways with the result that they went to the Governor of Judea, Pilatus to ask for permission to get rid of him. They finally surrounded him, but Allah made their effects unsuccessful and lifted him up to the heavens alive.
Finally, the retribution came along and it came in the form of civil wars among the Jews. At that time the Jewish Community consisted of three groups. One was the scholars of Jewish law who were called the Pharisees. Secondly, there were those who used to rely upon the outer meaning of revealed words. They were called the Sadducees. The third group was the congregation of ascetic priests. There was much deep differences of opinion among the Pharisees and the Sadducees that it led to heavy battles and bloodshed between them. When the ruler of Judea used to side with any one of the two groups that group used to proceed to kill the members of the other group. Finally the battles became so heavy that the ruler had to call in the help of the Romans and the Jews were then killed at the hands of polytheist idol worshippers.

It was during the period about seventy years after the lifting of Prophet 'Isa from this world when there was a great quarred between two claimants to be the rulers of Israel i.e. Yauhanan and Sham’oons while on the Throne of the Roman Empire, a Roman general was deputising. As was called Isnibanos. Yauhanan became successful in his claim to rule and did so in a blood thirsty and wicked way so much so that practically every street of Judea was flowing with the blood of his enemies. The Jewish people appealed to Isnibanos for help and he sent his son Titus with an army to conquer the Holy Land. Titus stopped near Judea and sent an envoy Nikanos to make an agreement of peace, but the Jews killed him too. This enraged Titus and he decided to proceed towards Jerusalem to take revenge upon all the Jews indiscriminately to cleanse the earth of them.
Historians relate that he attacked Jerusalem with such force that the walls of the city broke down and the walls of the temple fell down. A long period of siege followed during which many died of hunger. Many fled from the city and thousands were put to the sword. The Romans desecrated the temple and placed idols therein for worship. This was that defeat of the Jews after which they never recovered and as a result of their evil deeds and open wickedness and for killing Allah's prophets they were made to suffer everlasting humiliation.
After some time, the Romans cast aside idol-worship and embraced Christianity, and then their rise to power and their progress made the Jewish religion and their nationality appear over-powered and defeated.
Shortly before this, when Titus conquered Jerusalem, many of the Jews fled for there to go and settle in far-off places. Among them were those who came to settle in Arabia in and near Madinah. Some historians say that they had come to know that Yathrib would be the place of Hijrah for the final prophet. They had for a long time been expecting the coming of the Last Prophet. It is said that Prophet Yahiya was once addressing them and they gathered around him and told him they were awaiting three persons, firstly, Prophet 'Isa, alayhissalam, secondly Ilias, and thirdly the Prophet of the last era. This was such a well-known thing that there is not any need to mention his name. By merely referring to him every Jew knows him. In the Torah, the Injeel, in the writtings of previous prophets, it is proven beyond doubt that the Jews were awaiting the prophet who was to be the Nabi of Akhiruz Zamaan, who will be born in Hijaz. Thus whenever they were forced away from their centre, a considerable number of them went to settle in Hijaz.

How unfortunate is that nation who far before the birth of Prophet 'Isa was awaiting the appearance of a prophet whom they knew would perform Hijrat towards Yathrib and then they would follow him and through that they will again regain their national and deny dignity. In the same manner the tribes of Aws and Khazraj too were expecting his coming. And when finally he came and announced his mission, then first of all, these Jews rejected him and opposed him with enmity and hatred. They made it their main aim in life to oppose him and in the manner gathered for themselves everlasting humiliation.
From the beginning, Allah already warned them that twice they were going to be rebellious and that will be followed by punishment. Thereafter, there will once again be for them a third opportunity and if this time, they were going to be firm against wickedness and show obedience while recognizing the truth with which the messengers come to them, then He will bring back their greatness and bless, then with worldly and spiritual happiness. But if this time they threw away the chance and show to the prophet of the last era their sinful wickedness, then He will again let loose against them the law of retribution for bad deeds. Thus, when this time too the Jews did not let go of their natural temperament, Allah declared the final verdict against them, "They are struck with humiliation and poverty and they earn the wrath of Allah."
This is in fact what happened. They never attained to honour after that and they never had government as for centuries they wandered around in Europe being looked upon as being a despicable people. In Shekespeares drama "The Merchant of Venice", we see the character of Shylock. We also see what happened to them for a third time during the Second World War what Hitler did to them, killing thousands of them and they had to move to America from Europe and Germany. It is true that in the Middle East, they managed to set up government in a limited area but the government came about as an arrangement of the big powers but who knows for how long this government will remain standing? These people who have seen the fall of the socialist world will understand how soon this government can come to an end. Then also with the word "Jew" such an air of despicableness is attacked that any person of nobility now dislikes being called a Jew. Is this not the wrath of Allah?"

Peacock paused, and said, "O my brothers and sisters! Although this world is the world of deeds and not the world of rewards, Allah sometimes meet out punishment for deeds done so that they and their contemparies have to admit that such punishment were for such deeds committed. Such events then become a source of warning and admonishment for others. This is especially applicable in cases of arrogance and pride which are such mothers of sins that apart from what awaits in the hereafter, the proud and arrogant one is also made to experience the evil effects of these deeds in this world. One major difference is this that in cases of individual pride and arrogance, the retribution will also be individual, whereas in cases national and congregational arrogance and pride, their community life will be affected by the punishment. Another difference is that the individual punishment generally does not last very long whereas in the case of community arrogance the period seems so long that the wronged group is brought almost to the brink of hopelessness. However, sometimes for the sake of the warnings and lessons contained therein, the period is also shortened.

O my brothers and sisters! When the rejectors of truth and the worshippers of evil is being punished in this world for evil deeds committed, it does not mean that the punishment of the hereafter is wared from them, or that they, have been pardoned. No, that punishment will still come in its own time.
When Allah desires to punish a people because of their evil deeds and injustices or desires to let loose over them retribution for deeds committed, then His customary way of doing it is such that Heroes not immediately proceeds with the punishment, but He gives a period of respite, allowing the guides and prophets a further chance of bringing them on the right path so that Allah's argument agains them is complete. And if after that their disobedience still continues, then suddenly He will seize them in punishment and without the full punishment they will not be saved and liberated. Then the following statement of Allah will become a reality,

وَسَيَـعۡلَمُ الَّذِيۡنَ ظَلَمُوۡۤا اَىَّ مُنۡقَلَبٍ يَّـنۡقَلِبُوۡنَ

"...And those who have wronged are going to know to what [kind of] return they will be returned." - (QS.26:227)

O my brothers and sisters! If something according to our minds appear to be wonderful or miraculous, it does not necessarily mean that that thing is in actual fact wonderful in its true reality. And even if it seems wonderful it is possible that that may only be so in our sight and not so in the sight of the Creator, who created all this universe from nothingness into existence and now keeps everything intact according to His own system, which is so astonishing to the eyes which daily observes it while the mind is forced to admit, "Verily for Allah, such a thing is not difficult at all."
O my brothers and sisters!  The Deen is the straight path of Allah. Therefore it cannot be forced into the heart of anyone by force. In fact, with its true light it enlightens the blind hearts of the people. "There is no compulsion in religion." Yet as far as falsehood is concerned, it has always been the occurrence that it tries to force itself down into the hearts of people with tyrannical and despolic unjust ways and instead of bringing forth clear, proofs and arguments in its favour. However it has always been Allah’s way to cause Deen to be victorious over falsehood. It is however Allah’s way also to take time in effecting this with the result that the people of falsehood look upon that initial successes as victory. They become unmindful of the wrath of Allah which is to follow and time and again in time we see history being repeated.

Finally o my brothers and sisters! Experience shows us that in every battle for the truth, and in fact, in every evolutionary movement, the youth are the ones most easily influenced— more so than the aged ones. Exports on psychology tell us that the reason for this is that the aged ones had spend most of their lives being used to the old ways and had become so attached to those ways, that any new movement immediately looked upon with suspicion and dislike and anything opposing those old ways brings out opposition in them. For this reason any new revolutionary movement's ideas instead of finding favour with them, causes them to be withdrawn from it. They will be prepared to give much more thought to new ideas before becoming inclined towards them and only after solid proofs and arguments. When, however, that does happen and after solid proofs and arguments they do incline towards it, such aged ones become excepted from this general rule and they become the backbone supports of the new movement. In any nation these ones form a minority.
On the other hand, unlike the aged ones, the youth, in their hearts and minds are generally neutral and they have not yet become so accustomed to the old ways. Therefore new ideas easily influence them and they do not look upon new revolutionary ideas with suspicion just because they are new. With interest they will look at them and give their thoughts out to them.
Now it is the responsibility of this revolutionary movement, that if they strive in the battle between truth and falsehood to put man on the straight path, the supervisors should assist these youths in all their numbers and support then in acquiring the best of dignity and high rank, till they are proven to be a mercy for existence in this world. However, if they strive for the opposite of that, it will mean that the leaders of such a revolutionary movement can lead these youths to destruction and they will become a calamity for man and this world. And Allah know best.

References :
- Moshe Perlmann, The History of At-Tabari, Voume IV : The Ancient Kingdom, SUNY Press.
- Ibn Kathir, Stories of the Prophet, Darussalam.
- Maulana Hifzur Rahman Seoharwy, Qasasul Ambiyaa, Idara Impex.

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