Adil Salahi | Arab News
God describes the stupidity of
hypocrites in the following terms: “They seek to deceive God and
the believers, but they are only deceiving themselves, though they
may not realize it. There is sickness in their hearts, and God has
aggravated their sickness.” (2: 9-10)
Defining hypocrisy the Prophet (peace be upon him) says: “There are
four traits which, when present in any person, make that person a
pure hypocrite. Whoever has one of these has indeed a trait of
hypocrisy unless he abandons it: When he is assigned a trust he is
untrue to his trust; when he speaks to others he lies; when he
gives a serious promise he is deceitful; and when he is in dispute
he is too hard.” (Related by Al-Bukhari).
The Prophet defines the character of a hypocrite by four features
every one of which is a manifestation of untruth. By contrast, a
believer is a person whose actions give credence to his beliefs.
Whatever he claims is certainly true. These four traits represent
falsehood in intention, words and action. Hence, when a person
portrays all four his case is that of unmitigated hypocrisy. Anyone
of these four traits represents a quarter of the full extent of
hypocrisy.
Putting the case in such clear and graphic manner, the Prophet is
urging every Muslim to make sure that none of these traits applies
to them. If it does, then they must try hard to purge themselves of
it. The first is being untrue to one’s trust. A hypocrite thinks
nothing of violating his trust if there is anything to be gained by
such violation. Secondly, a hypocrite is a habitual liar. He thinks
that he can get away with anything by assuring his listener that
whatever he says is true when he is fully aware that it is not. The
third trait is being untrue to one’s promises. When he gives a
promise, a hypocrite knows that he will be violating it at the
first opportunity. He has no intention of remaining true to his
promises unless there is nothing to be gained by breaking them. The
last trait is being too hard when involved in a dispute. He goes
far beyond good manners. He resorts to exaggeration as well as
slandering and vilifying his opponent, paying no heed to Islamic
values.
It should be said that these four traits are the main features of
the character of a hypocrite. There are other features such as
exaggerated flattery, unwarranted praise of one’s bosses, putting
up a show of devotion in worship, etc. All these qualities
demonstrate falsehood in intention, speech and action.
It should be said, however, that falsehood is intended to deceive
others. When there is no intent of deception, resorting to
exaggeration in describing something, or in portraying events, does
not come under hypocrisy, particularly when no harm results from
such exaggeration.
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But Dachshund wrote in his OP in the discussion about Muslim senators in the House
Could someone with more knowledge of the American legal system than I have please explain to me how it is that several Muslim Senators have recently been elected to the House ? Muslims are followers of Islam and with respect to its legal, cultural and social aspects, Islam is TOTALLY incompatible with, and actively hostile toward the American system of government (in general) as well as the fundamental tenets of the U.S. Constitution and the U.S. Bill of Rights
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I don't geddit ?
Regards
Dachshund
Muslim senators
are compatible with fundamental tenets.
Like Arising uk and Muhammad, I too have a problem with hypocrisy.
However I do have a problem with those like Trump who talk up the armed forces and about how brave they personally would be in the face of an armed enemy when they clearly were not in the past and did everything they could not to go