Then Shama' said to Chameleon, "Please, go on my brother!" Chameleon continued by saying, "Know O my brothers and sisters, the hypocrites always ridiculing, taunting, blaming and maling jokes of someone. To make jokes or taunt the Muslims, is the work of the hypocrites. The hypocrites did that even in the Prophet (ﷺ) times. During the Battle of Tabuk, the Muslims were in dire need of monetary help. When the Prophet (ﷺ) appealed for contribution, Abu Bakr brought everything he possessed, Umar brought hold of his possessions and Uthman donated hundreds of well-equipped camels for Allah's cause. The Prophet (ﷺ) remarked that if Uthman did nothing, after that then that single deed from him was enough. Some of the Sahabah engaged in manual labour and contributed their wages to the cause. But, instead of spending for this cause, the hypocrites made fun of the Muslims. Abu Mas’ud said, "When we were commanded to give the Sadaqah, we were labourers. Abu Aqil came with half a Sa‘ of dates and another man (Abdur Rahman Ibn Awf), brought more than that, the hypocrites exclaimed ‘Surely Allah is in no need of this Sadaqah, and this second one has not done it but to show off.' This verse was then revealed,
اَلَّذِیۡنَ یَلۡمِزُوۡنَ الۡمُطَّوِّعِیۡنَ مِنَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ فِی الصَّدَقٰتِ وَ الَّذِیۡنَ لَا یَجِدُوۡنَ اِلَّا جُہۡدَہُمۡ فَیَسۡخَرُوۡنَ مِنۡہُمۡ ؕ سَخِرَ اللّٰہُ مِنۡہُمۡ ۫ وَ لَہُمۡ عَذَابٌ اَلِیۡمٌ
"Those who criticize the contributors among the believers concerning [their] charities and [criticize] the ones who find nothing [to spend] except their effort, so they ridicule them - Allah will ridicule them, and they will have a painful punishment." - (QS.9:79)
There are people today who make fun of Muslims who adhere to the dictates of Islam and give charity, are inclined to piety, offer the Salaah, wear garments according to the Shari'ah, grow the beard or take part in Jihad. If a woman uses the veil, they taunt her and say that these are old fashioned people. They consider themselves as modern. But, they will not hear anything against the disbelievers who are their ideal. The Muslims should be careful of these people. The disbelievers do not cause harm to the Muslims as much as these people cause.
The hypocrites always making fun of the Qur'an and Sunnah. With the increase of hypocrisy in him, the hypocrite finds the Islamic ordinances and teachings, a burden on him and he begins to abandon them. He begins to make fun of them. He cares not for the Qur'an or the Sunnah the pious people or the hereafter. He as a plethora of excuses with him.
The hypocrites who lived with the Prophet (ﷺ), used to pray the Salaah with him and also to fast, make the pilgrimage, pay the Zakah and even wage jihad with him (ﷺ). When they did something wrong, Allah bracketed their evil with disbelief. Allah said,
وَ لَئِنۡ سَاَلۡتَہُمۡ لَیَقُوۡلُنَّ اِنَّمَا کُنَّا نَخُوۡضُ وَ نَلۡعَبُ ؕ قُلۡ اَ بِاللّٰہِ وَ اٰیٰتِہٖ وَ رَسُوۡلِہٖ کُنۡتُمۡ تَسۡتَہۡزِءُوۡنَ
"And if you ask them, they will surely say, 'We were only conversing and playing.' Say, 'Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you were mocking?'" - (QS.9:65)
لَا تَعۡتَذِرُوۡا قَدۡ کَفَرۡتُمۡ بَعۡدَ اِیۡمَانِکُمۡ ؕ اِنۡ نَّعۡفُ عَنۡ طَآئِفَۃٍ مِّنۡکُمۡ نُعَذِّبۡ طَآئِفَۃًۢ بِاَنَّہُمۡ کَانُوۡا مُجۡرِمِیۡنَ
"Make no excuse; you have disbelieved after your belief. If We pardon one faction of you - We will punish another faction because they were criminals." - (QS.9:66)
This verse was revealed during the battle of Tabuk concerning the hypocrites. Abdullah Ibn Umar, radhiyallahu 'anhu, narrated, "A man participating in the battle of Tabuk said to a gathering, 'I have not seen anyone like these reciters of the Qur'an more lying with their tongues, more cowardly in the face of the enemy.' Another man ejaculated, "You lie. Rather, you are a hypocrite. Indeed, I will inform Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (about it)." So, that was conveyed to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the Qur'an was revealed."
Abdullah Ibn Umar continued to narrate, "I saw him hanging by the rope of the Prophet's (ﷺ) she-camel, the stones having wounded his feet and he was pleading 'O Messenger's of Allah, we were merely jesting and playing." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was saying, 'Is it Allah and His verses and His Messenger that you made fun of? Make no excuses. You became disbelievers after you professed faith. If we forgive some of you, we shall punish some others, because they were guilty."
There is a second incident too. Qatadah said about verse 65 of at-Tawbah, "While the Prophet (ﷺ) was engaged in the battle of Tabuk and a unit of the hypocrites was ahead of him, they said, 'He presumes that he will conquer the castles of Rome and its forts. Away, away!" Allah let his Prophet (ﷺ) know of that which they were saying. So, he said, 'It is incumbent on me to reckon with these people," and he summoned them and disclosed to them what they had been saying. They swore, 'We were not but merely jesting and playing.'"
We must remember that to make fun of anything concerning religion is a sign of hypocrisy be it the veil, the beard, the dress or jihad. He who makes fun of a Muslim man or woman, because of their conducting themselves on Shari'ah is a disbeliever.
The hypocrites always jesting and adverse on a muslim's honor. They try to hurt a Muslim's honour. They criticise and back bite the Muslims though a proper Muslim is one from whose hand and tongue other people are safe. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ""There are for (the transaction of) interest seventy-three gates. The least harmful of these is like a man committing adultery with his mother. And the most harmful is to damage a Muslim's honour."
How can one who damages a Muslim 's honour be a Muslim? He is a hypocrite, only a hypocrite will do such a thing, just as one passed derogatory remarks during the battle of Tabuk. He had defamed the Sahabah and taunted them.
The hypocrites always try to forbid piety and enjoin evil. The obligatory of religious duties are enjoining piety and forbid evil. If anyone neglects this duty, he commits a sin. Hudhayfah narrated that the Prophet|i (ﷺ) said, "By Him Who has my soul in His hand, you will enjoin the good and forbid the evil or it is close by that Allah send on you a punishment from Him after which you will pray to Him but He will not respond to you."
When the Children of Israel forsook this duty, they were cursed by Prophet Dawud and 'Isa Ibn Maryam, alayhimussalam. Allah said,
لُعِنَ الَّذِیۡنَ کَفَرُوۡا مِنۡۢ بَنِیۡۤ اِسۡرَآءِیۡلَ عَلٰی لِسَانِ دَاوٗدَ وَ عِیۡسَی ابۡنِ مَرۡیَمَ ؕ ذٰلِکَ بِمَا عَصَوۡا وَّ کَانُوۡا یَعۡتَدُوۡنَ
"Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary. That was because they disobeyed and [habitually] transgressed." - (QS.5:78)
If the punishment is meted out on neglecting a duty, then imagine what will happen on doing the opposite by enjoining or promoting evil and preventing or forbidding piety. If anyone does not recognise evil as such, then his heart is devoid of faith. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "He among you who sees evil (being done) must prevent it with his hand. But, if he is unable to do that, then he must (prevent it) with his tongue. But, if he is not able to do that, then he must (regard it as evil) in his heart, and that is the weakest form of faith."
If the heart is devoid of faith, then disbelief or hypocrisy resides therein. Hence, Allah describes it as a hypocrites character,
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)
Preventing piety may take various forms. One who offers the Salaah may be mocked, a servant may not be permitted to pray, disallowing someone to take part in jihad and speaking against it, not keeping fast and rediculing those who do, and discouraging other people to build a mosque or a Madrasah. Enjoying evil also takes different forms. One may invite others to watch the movies or the television, to tease women, to encourage the customs of evil people, to advocate an evil social life, to discourage the veil, to say the veil is of the heart or the eyes, to sell intoxicants to circulate immoral magazines, to spread immodesty through the print media, etc.
O my brothers and sisters, the hypocrites always try to promote immodesty, spending time to listen to musics, and tease women and girls. Those people who try to promote and spread immodesty among the Muslims, are hypocrites. Although some 'Ulama allow music, we have to be careful and remember the advice of Ibn Mas'ud, "Love of songs grows hypocrisy in the heart in the same way as herbage grows in water." The hypocrites always spending their time to make the television common so that gypsies and dancers are found in every home, and to do such other things to spread indecency, are all hypocritical deeds. Allah says,
اِنَّ الَّذِیۡنَ یُحِبُّوۡنَ اَنۡ تَشِیۡعَ الۡفَاحِشَۃُ فِی الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡا لَہُمۡ عَذَابٌ اَلِیۡمٌ ۙ فِی الدُّنۡیَا وَ الۡاٰخِرَۃِ ؕ وَ اللّٰہُ یَعۡلَمُ وَ اَنۡتُمۡ لَا تَعۡلَمُوۡنَ
"Indeed, those who like that immorality should be spread [or publicized] among those who have believed will have a painful punishment in this world and the Hereafter. And Allah knows and you do not know." - (QS.24:19)
Whosoever is involved in them, invites upon himself Divine punishment. Allah says,
وَ مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنۡ یَّشۡتَرِیۡ لَہۡوَ الۡحَدِیۡثِ لِیُضِلَّ عَنۡ سَبِیۡلِ اللّٰہِ بِغَیۡرِ عِلۡمٍ ٭ۖ وَّ یَتَّخِذَہَا ہُزُوًا ؕ اُولٰٓئِکَ لَہُمۡ عَذَابٌ مُّہِیۡنٌ
"And of the people is he who buys the amusement of speech to mislead [others] from the way of Allah without knowledge and who takes it in ridicule. Those will have a humiliating punishment." - (QS.31:6)
It is again, the hypocrite who will tease women and girls, he comes across on the roads. In the times of the Prophet (ﷺ), men would station themselves on the street-corners and tease passing women. When they were reprimanded, they put forward the pretext that they did not know if the women slaves or free respectable ladies. So Allah ordained the veil,
يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ قُلْ لِأَزْوَاجِكَ وَبَنَاتِكَ وَنِسَاءِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يُدْنِينَ عَلَيْهِنَّ مِنْ جَلَابِيبِهِنَّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ أَدْنَىٰ أَنْ يُعْرَفْنَ فَلَا يُؤْذَيْنَ ۗ وَكَانَ اللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا
"O Prophet, tell your wives and your daughters and the women of the believers to bring down over themselves [part] of their outer garments. That is more suitable that they will be known and not be abused. And ever is Allah Forgiving and Merciful." - (QS.33:56)
And Allah warned the hypocrites,
لَئِنۡ لَّمۡ یَنۡتَہِ الۡمُنٰفِقُوۡنَ وَ الَّذِیۡنَ فِیۡ قُلُوۡبِہِمۡ مَّرَضٌ وَّ الۡمُرۡجِفُوۡنَ فِی الۡمَدِیۡنَۃِ لَنُغۡرِیَنَّکَ بِہِمۡ ثُمَّ لَا یُجَاوِرُوۡنَکَ فِیۡہَاۤ اِلَّا قَلِیۡلً
"If the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease and those who spread rumors in al-Madinah do not cease, We will surely incite you against them; then they will not remain your neighbors therein except for a little." - (QS.33:60)
The Leader of the Munafiqun, Ibn Ubayy, earned money by compelling his female slaves to prostitution. Allah made know his filthy deed and forbade the people from doing the evil.
وَ لَا تُکۡرِہُوۡا فَتَیٰتِکُمۡ عَلَی الۡبِغَآءِ اِنۡ اَرَدۡنَ تَحَصُّنًا لِّتَبۡتَغُوۡا عَرَضَ الۡحَیٰوۃِ الدُّنۡیَا ؕ وَ مَنۡ یُّکۡرِہۡہُّنَّ فَاِنَّ اللّٰہَ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ اِکۡرَاہِہِنَّ غَفُوۡرٌ رَّحِیۡمٌ
"...And do not compel your slave girls to prostitution, if they desire chastity, to seek [thereby] the temporary interests of worldly life. And if someone should compel them, then indeed, Allah is [to them], after their compulsion, Forgiving and Merciful." (QS.24:33)
Clearly, Muslims prefer to live a chaste life and only the hypocrites promote indecency. Many people find excuses to make adultery common in the society. Their character resembles that of the hypocrites.O my brothers and sisters, the hypocrite, likes indecency and shamelessness. He lacks the sense of modesty. The Prophet (ﷺ) said,
الْحَيَاءُ وَالْعِيُّ شُعْبَتَانِ مِنَ الإِيمَانِ وَالْبَذَاءُ وَالْبَيَانُ شُعْبَتَانِ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ
"Al-Haya' (modesty) and al-'Iyy ( little speech) are branches of faith while al-badha (obscenity) and al-bayan (talkativeness) are branches of hypocrisy."
Modesty and decency are the blessings that keep a person away from evil. When they lack in him, he is willing to do every wrong. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Surely, from the words of the early prophethood that which has reached the people is, 'when you do not feel ashamed, do whatever you like.'"
The believers possess modesty. Sa'd Ibn Ubadah narrated that if he were to see a stranger with his wife, he would strike him with the sword not its flat part (but the blade). This was conveyed to the Prophet (ﷺ) and he asked, "Are you surprised at Sa'd's sense of Modesty? I have a greater sense of it than he and Allah has a greater one than I."
O my brothers and sisters, the hypocrite does good deeds only to be seen by other people, when he is alone, he is fearless and commits sin because he lacks the conviction of the hereafter. This is a sign of the hypocrites who are seen to worship much, but, in private, they commit much sin. A hypocrite is not pleased with piety and is not afraid of punishment against sins.
When Umar Ibn Khattab went to Shaam (Syria and adjoining areas at that time), he addressed the people. He praised Allah and glorified Him and said, "Indeed, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had stood up amongst us to preach as I have stood up amongst you today and he said, 'the sign of the hypocrite is that evil does not hurt him and piety does not please him. If he does a good deed, he does not hope to receive from Allah a reward for that good deed. And if he does a bad deed, he does not fear a punishment from Allah for that bad deed."
Bilal Ibn Sa'd said, "Do not become a friend of Allah in public, but His enemy in private."
Abu Sha'tha said, “Some people from Iraq came to Abdullah Umar and launched a tirade to Yazid ibn Mu'awiyah. They spoke ill of him, Ibn Umar asked them whether they spoke the same thing on his face. They confessed, ’No, Rather we praise him on his face.' Ibn Umar told them that they considered this conduct as hypocrisy. An imam (with a petition) and he gives a wicked decision. So we say to him, 'May Allah enable you (to do justice),' But, we observe one of us shower praise on him.” Ibn Umar said, "We are a company of the Sahabah of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). We count this conduct as hypocrisy. But, I cannot say how you people classify it.”
O my brothers and sisters, a believer is never niggardly. It is the hypocrite who is miserly. Allah says,
وَ مِنۡہُمۡ مَّنۡ عٰہَدَ اللّٰہَ لَئِنۡ اٰتٰىنَا مِنۡ فَضۡلِہٖ لَنَصَّدَّقَنَّ وَ لَنَکُوۡنَنَّ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِیۡنَ
"And among them are those who made a covenant with Allah, [saying], 'If He should give us from His bounty, we will surely spend in charity, and we will surely be among the righteous.'" - (QS.9:75)
فَلَمَّاۤ اٰتٰہُمۡ مِّنۡ فَضۡلِہٖ بَخِلُوۡا بِہٖ وَ تَوَلَّوۡا وَّ ہُمۡ مُّعۡرِضُوۡنَ
"But when he gave them from His bounty, they were stingy with it and turned away while they refused." - (QS.9:76)
It is not proper to compel anyone to spend in Allah's way. It is also wrong to force someone to increase his spending in Allah's path. Allah has commanded us to spend in His cause and encouraged us to go on doing that. We find many examples of liberal spending by the Sahabah. Allah says,
وَأَنْفِقُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ ۛ وَأَحْسِنُوا ۛ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الْمُحْسِنِينَ
"And spend in the way of Allah and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]. And do good; indeed, Allah loves the doers of good." - (QS.2:195)
O my brothers and sisters, another sign of the hypocrite is scaring people by spreading rumors. It is not a Muslim’s work to sprad rumour and cause the people to panic. This is, in fact, a sign of the hypocrite. When the hypocrites go anywhere with the Muslims, be it a battle or any other purpose, their conduct is depicted in this verse,
لَوۡ خَرَجُوۡا فِیۡکُمۡ مَّا زَادُوۡکُمۡ اِلَّا خَبَالًا وَّ لَا۠اَوۡضَعُوۡا خِلٰلَکُمۡ یَبۡغُوۡنَکُمُ الۡفِتۡنَۃَ ۚ وَ فِیۡکُمۡ سَمّٰعُوۡنَ لَہُمۡ ؕ وَ اللّٰہُ عَلِیۡمٌۢ بِالظّٰلِمِیۡنَ
"Had they gone forth with you, they would not have increased you except in confusion, and they would have been active among you, seeking [to cause] you fitnah. And among you are avid listeners to them. And Allah is Knowing of the wrongdoers." - (QS.9:47)
'Confusion' here includes ’panic' and tale-bearing against Muslims, causing a rift among them. They also give wrong advice. A hypocrite spreads rumours to cause Muslims to lose courage and feel dejected. He spreads false news by exaggeration the figures of their casualties and showing a high strength of the enemies. But, one should remember that strength lies in Allah's hands, and none can overcome whom Allah helps.
O my brothers and sisters, the hypocrites are cowards and they fear the vicissitudes of time. They also scare people from this and see every difficulty falling on them Allah says,
وَ اِذَا رَاَیۡتَہُمۡ تُعۡجِبُکَ اَجۡسَامُہُمۡ ؕ وَ اِنۡ یَّقُوۡلُوۡا تَسۡمَعۡ لِقَوۡلِہِمۡ ؕ کَاَنَّہُمۡ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَۃٌ ؕ یَحۡسَبُوۡنَ کُلَّ صَیۡحَۃٍ عَلَیۡہِمۡ ؕ ہُمُ الۡعَدُوُّ فَاحۡذَرۡہُمۡ ؕ قٰتَلَہُمُ اللّٰہُ ۫ اَنّٰی یُؤۡفَکُوۡنَ
"And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?" - (QS.63:4)
A Muslim never displays cowardice. This is why Allah has said that those who show their backs in the battle will get a severe punishment."
Abu Umamah Bahili described a hypocrite as one who lies when he speaks, breaches his promise when he makes one, betrays when he is entrusted something, misappropriates when he gathers the booty, disobeys when he is given a command behaves cowardly when he encounters an enemy.
Hence, he who has these traits is a hypocrite and if anyone has some of these then he has that much of hypocrisy in him. Allah says,
وَ یَحۡلِفُوۡنَ بِاللّٰہِ اِنَّہُمۡ لَمِنۡکُمۡ ؕ وَ مَا ہُمۡ مِّنۡکُمۡ وَ لٰکِنَّہُمۡ قَوۡمٌ یَّفۡرَقُوۡنَ
"And they swear by Allah that they are from among you while they are not from among you; but they are a people who are afraid." ― (QS. 9:56)
لَوۡ یَجِدُوۡنَ مَلۡجَاً اَوۡ مَغٰرٰتٍ اَوۡ مُدَّخَلًا لَّوَلَّوۡا اِلَیۡہِ وَ ہُمۡ یَجۡمَحُوۡنَ
"If they could find a refuge or some caves or any place to enter [and hide], they would turn to it while they run heedlessly." ― (QS. 9:57)
When he is scared, the hypocrite sees death hovering, over him but when the fear recedes, he does not tire boasting about his bravety Allah says,
اَشِحَّۃً عَلَیۡکُمۡ ۚۖ فَاِذَا جَآءَ الۡخَوۡفُ رَاَیۡتَہُمۡ یَنۡظُرُوۡنَ اِلَیۡکَ تَدُوۡرُ اَعۡیُنُہُمۡ کَالَّذِیۡ یُغۡشٰی عَلَیۡہِ مِنَ الۡمَوۡتِ ۚ فَاِذَا ذَہَبَ الۡخَوۡفُ سَلَقُوۡکُمۡ بِاَلۡسِنَۃٍ حِدَادٍ اَشِحَّۃً عَلَی الۡخَیۡرِ ؕ اُولٰٓئِکَ لَمۡ یُؤۡمِنُوۡا فَاَحۡبَطَ اللّٰہُ اَعۡمَالَہُمۡ ؕ وَ کَانَ ذٰلِکَ عَلَی اللّٰہِ یَسِیۡرًا
"Indisposed toward you. And when fear comes, you see them looking at you, their eyes revolving like one being overcome by death. But when fear departs, they lash you with sharp tongues, indisposed toward [any] good. Those have not believed, so Allah has rendered their deeds worthless, and ever is that, for Allah, easy." ― (QS. 33:19)
Abu Talhah narrated, "On the day of Uhud, drowsiness overtook us while were in battle rows. My sword dropped down from my hand. I picked it up and it dropped again, and again I picked it up. And another party - the hypocrites! They limit had no concern at all but their own eyes,cowards to the limit, most fearful and deserters to the worst degree. They are liars, and they are doubters in affairs of Allah.
O my brothers and sisters, a hypocrite always wishes for a Muslim's suffering. But, when Muslims gain victory, he assures them that he belongs to their ranks. Allah says,
الَّذِیۡنَ یَتَرَبَّصُوۡنَ بِکُمۡ ۚ فَاِنۡ کَانَ لَکُمۡ فَتۡحٌ مِّنَ اللّٰہِ قَالُوۡۤا اَلَمۡ نَکُنۡ مَّعَکُمۡ ۫ۖ وَ اِنۡ کَانَ لِلۡکٰفِرِیۡنَ نَصِیۡبٌ ۙ قَالُوۡۤا اَلَمۡ نَسۡتَحۡوِذۡ عَلَیۡکُمۡ وَ نَمۡنَعۡکُمۡ مِّنَ الۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ ؕ فَاللّٰہُ یَحۡکُمُ بَیۡنَکُمۡ یَوۡمَ الۡقِیٰمَۃِ ؕ وَ لَنۡ یَّجۡعَلَ اللّٰہُ لِلۡکٰفِرِیۡنَ عَلَی الۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ سَبِیۡلً
"Those who wait [and watch] you. Then if you gain a victory from Allah, they say, "Were we not with you?" But if the disbelievers have a success, they say [to them], "Did we not gain the advantage over you, but we protected you from the believers?" Allah will judge between [all of] you on the Day of Resurrection, and never will Allah give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them]." ― (QS. 4:141)
And Allah says,
وَ مِنَ الۡاَعۡرَابِ مَنۡ یَّتَّخِذُ مَا یُنۡفِقُ مَغۡرَمًا وَّ یَتَرَبَّصُ بِکُمُ الدَّوَآئِرَ ؕ عَلَیۡہِمۡ دَآئِرَۃُ السَّوۡءِ ؕ وَ اللّٰہُ سَمِیۡعٌ عَلِیۡمٌ
"And among the bedouins are some who consider what they spend as a loss and await for you turns of misfortune. Upon them will be a misfortune of evil. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing." ― (QS. 9:98)
A Muslim is a well-wisher of his fellow Muslim. He neither deserts him nor hurts him. To curse anyone or wish for his suffering is also to hurt him.Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying
لاَ تَحَاسَدُوا وَلاَ تَنَاجَشُوا وَلاَ تَبَاغَضُوا وَلاَ تَدَابَرُوا وَلاَ يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ بَعْضٍ وَكُونُوا عِبَادَ اللَّهِ إِخْوَانًا . الْمُسْلِمُ أَخُو الْمُسْلِمِ لاَ يَظْلِمُهُ وَلاَ يَخْذُلُهُ وَلاَ يَحْقِرُهُ . التَّقْوَى هَا هُنَا " . وَيُشِيرُ إِلَى صَدْرِهِ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ " بِحَسْبِ امْرِئٍ مِنَ الشَّرِّ أَنْ يَحْقِرَ أَخَاهُ الْمُسْلِمَ كُلُّ الْمُسْلِمِ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِ حَرَامٌ دَمُهُ وَمَالُهُ وَعِرْضُهُ
"Don't nurse grudge and don't bid him out for raising the price and don't nurse aversion or enmity and don't enter into a transaction when the others have entered into that transaction and be as fellow-brothers and servants of Allah. A Muslim is the brother of a Muslim. He neither oppresses him nor humiliates him nor looks down upon him. The piety is here, (and while saying so) he pointed towards his chest thrice. It is a serious evil for a Muslim that he should look down upon his brother Muslim. All things of a Muslim are inviolable for his brother in faith: his blood, his wealth and his honour." [HR Muslim, 2564]
O my brothers and sisters, the hypocrites are glibbed tongued arrogance. Allah says,
وَ اِذَا رَاَیۡتَہُمۡ تُعۡجِبُکَ اَجۡسَامُہُمۡ ؕ وَ اِنۡ یَّقُوۡلُوۡا تَسۡمَعۡ لِقَوۡلِہِمۡ ؕ کَاَنَّہُمۡ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَۃٌ ؕ یَحۡسَبُوۡنَ کُلَّ صَیۡحَۃٍ عَلَیۡہِمۡ ؕ ہُمُ الۡعَدُوُّ فَاحۡذَرۡہُمۡ ؕ قٰتَلَہُمُ اللّٰہُ ۫ اَنّٰی یُؤۡفَکُوۡنَ
"And when you see them, their forms please you, and if they speak, you listen to their speech. [They are] as if they were pieces of wood propped up - they think that every shout is against them. They are the enemy, so beware of them. May Allah destroy them; how are they deluded?" ― (QS. 63:4)
Jabir narrated that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said,
إِنَّ مِنْ أَحَبِّكُمْ إِلَىَّ وَأَقْرَبِكُمْ مِنِّي مَجْلِسًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَحَاسِنَكُمْ أَخْلاَقًا وَإِنَّ أَبْغَضَكُمْ إِلَىَّ وَأَبْعَدَكُمْ مِنِّي مَجْلِسًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ الثَّرْثَارُونَ وَالْمُتَشَدِّقُونَ وَالْمُتَفَيْهِقُونَ " . قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ عَلِمْنَا الثَّرْثَارُونَ وَالْمُتَشَدِّقُونَ فَمَا الْمُتَفَيْهِقُونَ قَالَ " الْمُتَكَبِّرُونَ " .
"Indeed the most beloved among you to me, and the nearest to sit with me on the Day of Judgment is the best of you in character. And indeed, the most disliked among you to me, and the one sitting furthest from me on the Day of Judgement are the Thartharun (the talkative), and the Mutashaddiqun (the loud-mouthed) and the Muthafaihiqun." They said, "O Messenger of Allah! We know about the Thartharun, and the Mutashaddiqun, but what about the Muthafaihiqun?"' He (ﷺ) said,"The Mutakabbirun (the arrogant)." {HR Jami' at-Tirmidhi, 2018; Hasan]
Allah does not like that anyone should be arrogant. Narrated 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying
لاَ يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ حَبَّةٍ مِنْ خَرْدَلٍ مِنْ كِبْرٍ وَلاَ يَدْخُلُ النَّارَ مَنْ كَانَ فِي قَلْبِهِ مِثْقَالُ خَرْدَلَةٍ مِنْ إِيمَانٍ
"He who has in his heart as much pride as much pride as grain of mustard-seed will not enter paradise. And he who has in his heart as much faith as grain of mustard-seed will not enter Hell." [HR Sunan Abi Dawud, 4091; Sahih by Al-Albani]
Narrated Abu Hurairah, the Prophet (ﷺ) said,
قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ الْكِبْرِيَاءُ رِدَائِي وَالْعَظَمَةُ إِزَارِي فَمَنْ نَازَعَنِي وَاحِدًا مِنْهُمَا قَذَفْتُهُ فِي النَّارِ
"Allah Most High says: Pride is my cloak and majesty is my lower garment, and I shall throw him who view with me regarding one of them into Hell." [Sunan Abi Dawud, 4090; Shahih by Al-Albani]
The hypocrite is arrogant, Allah says,
وَ اِذَا قِیۡلَ لَہُمۡ تَعَالَوۡا یَسۡتَغۡفِرۡ لَکُمۡ رَسُوۡلُ اللّٰہِ لَوَّوۡا رُءُوۡسَہُمۡ وَ رَاَیۡتَہُمۡ یَصُدُّوۡنَ وَ ہُمۡ مُّسۡتَکۡبِرُوۡنَ
"And when it is said to them, 'Come, the Messenger of Allah will ask forgiveness for you,' they turn their heads aside and you see them evading while they are arrogant." ― (QS. 63:5)
