1751 - صِفَةُ المُنافِقِ‏

1751. THE DESCRIPTION OF A HYPOCRITE

(إِنَّ الْمُنافِقِينَ يُخَادِعُونَ اللَّهَ وَهُوَ خَادِعُهُمْ وَإِذَا قَامُوا إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ قَامُوا كُسَالَى‏ يُرَاؤُونَ النَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلاً * مُذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذلِكَ لَا إِلَى‏ هؤُلاءِ وَلَا إِلَى‏ هؤُلَاءِ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ اللَّهُ فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ سَبِيلاً) .¹

"The hypocrites indeed seek to deceive Allah, but it is He who outwits them. When they stand up for prayer, they stand up lazily, showing off to the people and not remembering Allah except a little, wavering in between: neither with these nor with those. And whoever Allah leads astray, you will never find any way for him." ²

(اُنظر) البقرة : 8 ، 20 وآل عمران : 167 ، 168 والنساء : 61 ، 138 ، 145 والعنكبوت : 10 ، 11 ومحمد : 30 والمجادلة : 14 - 16 .

(See also: Qur'an 2:8, 2:20, 3:167-168, 4:61, 4:138, 4:145, 29:10-11, 47:30, 58:14-16)

6208.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : المُنافِقُ مَن إذا وَعَدَ أخلَفَ ، وإذا فَعَلَ أفشى‏³ ، وإذا قالَ كَذَبَ ، وإذا ائتُمِنَ خانَ ، وإذا رُزِقَ طاشَ ، وإذا مُنِعَ عاشَ .⁴

6208.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A hypocrite is someone who when he makes a promise he does not fulfil it, when he does something [good], he shows off, when he speaks he lies, when he is entrusted with something he betrays, when he is given sustenance he is heedless, and when he is deprived he resorts to tricks.' ⁵

6209.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : المُنافِقُ يَملِكُ عَينَيهِ يَبكي كما يَشاءُ .⁶

6209.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'A hypocrite has control over his eyes, he cries whenever he wants to.' ⁷

6210.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : لِلمُنافِقينَ عَلاماتٌ يُعرَفونَ بِها : تَحِيَّتُهُم لَعنَةٌ ، وطَعامُهُم نُهمَةٌ ، وغَنيمَتُهُم غُلولٌ ، لا يَقرَبونَ المَساجِدَ إلّا هُجراً ، ولا يَأتونَ الصَّلاةَ إلّا دُبُراً ، مُستَكبِرينَ لا يَألَفونَ ولا يُؤلَفونَ ، خُشُبٌ باللَّيلِ سُخُبٌ بالنَّهارِ .⁸

6210.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'Hypocrites have signs through which they are known: their greeting is cursing, their food is greed [gluttony], their earnings are through breaches of trust, they do not come close to the mosques save with contempt, they fulfil their prayers at the very last moment, [they are] haughty people who do not socialize and are not sociable, they are as wood in the night, loud in the day.' ⁹

6211.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : مَن خالَفَت سَريرَتُهُ عَلانِيَتَهُ فهُو مُنافِقٌ كائناً مَن كانَ .¹⁰

6211.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'He whose inner is contrary to his outer is a hypocrite, no matter who he may be.' ¹¹

6212.رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله : ما زادَ خُشوعُ الجَسَدِ على‏ ما في القَلبِ فهُو عِندَنا نِفاقٌ .¹²

6212.The Prophet (SAWA) said, 'When humbleness of the body supercedes that which is in the heart then in our view it is hypocrisy.' ¹³

6213.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : المُنافِقُ إذا نَظَرَ لَها ، وإذا سَكَتَ سَها ، وإذا تَكَلَّمَ لَغا ، وإذا استَغنى‏ طَغا ، وإذا أصابَتهُ شِدَّةٌ ضَغا ، فهُو قَريبُ السُّخطِ بَعيدُ الرِّضا ، يُسخِطُهُ علَى اللَّهِ اليَسيرُ ، ولا يُرضيهِ الكثيرُ ، يَنوي كثيراً مِن الشَّرِّ ويَعمَلُ بطائفَةٍ مِنهُ ، ويَتَلَهَّفُ على‏ ما فاتَهُ مِن الشَّرِّ كيفَ لَم يَعمَلْ بهِ !¹⁴

6213.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'A hypocrite, when he looks he is frivolous, when he is silent he forgets, when he speaks he prattles, when he becomes wealthy he tyrannizes, when hardship afflicts him he becomes noisy, so he is close to discontentment and far from contentment. The least of things make him discontented with Allah, and he is never content, even with much. He intends to do a lot of evil and commits some of them, and he regrets the evil deeds that pass him by and how he did not manage to commit them.' ¹⁵

6214.الإمامُ عليٌّ عليه السلام : لو ضَرَبتُ خَيشومَ المُؤمِنِ بسَيفي هذا على‏ أن يُبغِضَني ما أبغَضَني ، ولو صَبَبتُ الدُّنيا بِجَمّاتِها علَى المُنافِقِ على‏ أن يُحِبَّني ما أحَبَّني ، وذلكَ أنّهُ قُضِيَ فانقَضى‏ على‏ لِسانِ النَّبيِّ الاُمِّيِّ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله، أنّهُ قالَ : يا عليُّ، لا يُبغِضُكَ مُؤمِنٌ ، ولا يُحِبُّكَ مُنافِقٌ .¹⁶

6214.Imam Ali (AS) said, 'If I was to strike the nose of a believer with my sword to hate me he would never hate me, and if I was to pour down the whole world onto a hypocrite to love me he would never love me, and this is because of what has been destined, as this was passed on through the tongue of the unschooled Prophet (SAWA), saying, 'Ali, a believer can never hate you and a hypocrite can never love you.' ¹⁷

6215.الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ عليه السلام : المُنافِقُ يَنهى‏ ولا يَنتَهي ، ويأمُرُ بما لا يأتي ، إذا قامَ في الصَّلاةِ اعتَرَضَ ، وإذا رَكَعَ رَبَضَ ، وإذا سَجَدَ نَقَرَ ، وإذا جَلَسَ شَغَرَ ، يُمسي وهَمُّهُ الطَّعامُ وهُو مُفطِرٌ ، ويُصبِحُ وهَمُّهُ النَّومُ ولَم يَسهَرْ ، إن حَدَّثَكَ كَذبَكَ ، وإن وَعَدَكَ أخلَفَكَ ، وإنِ ائتَمَنتَهُ خانَكَ ، وإن خالَفتَهُ اغتابَكَ .¹⁸

6215. Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, 'A hypocrite prohibits [wrongdoing] but does not refrain from it himself, and he enjoins that which he does not do himself. When he prays he complains, when he bows (ruku) he slumps, when he prostrates (sujud) he pecks [prostrating so fast], when he sits he spreads himself out, when he is going to bed his only concern is food even though he is full, and when he wakes up in the morning, his only concern is sleep even though he did not stay up during the night. When he speaks to you he lies, when he makes a promise he does not fulfil it, if you entrust him with anything he betrays it, and if you disagree with him he backbites you.' ¹⁹

6216.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : أربَعٌ مِن عَلاماتِ النِّفاقِ : قَساوَةُ القَلبِ ، وجُمودُ العَينِ ، والإصرارُ علَى الذَّنبِ ، والحِرصُ علَى الدُّنيا .²⁰

6216.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, 'There are four signs to a hypocrite: hardheartedness, dryness of the eyes, persistence in sinning, and greed for the world.' ²¹