Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) established another chapter. He said: "The chapter on what is mentioned regarding cunning and deception."

The Shaykh : Then the author (may Allah have mercy on him) established another chapter. He said: "The chapter on what is mentioned regarding cunning and deception." He narrated with a chain that is good except for one narrator from Abu Hurayrah, who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
So we do not have such a bad example. Will the Muslim be cunning, scheming, deceitful, and mean, or will he be naive and noble? This hadith gives us the answer: What does "naive and noble" mean? It may occur to some people that the word "naive" (ghar) means a simpleton or a fool who does not know how to handle the affairs of his worldly life and his Hereafter, and therefore he is naive. Some contemporary people have been led astray by this meaning and have denied this hadith. The truth is that the intended meaning of the word "naive" here is not that mean-spirited sense. Rather, the intention is that by his nature, the Muslim is the opposite of the wicked, mean sinner. The wicked, mean sinner is cunning; he deceives people and takes paths that are not prescribed in his dealings and in his interaction with people. As for the believer, he is "naive," meaning we can express this word with another term to explain it: he is the good-hearted believing man who does not know how to scheme against people or scheme for people, while people scheme against him. This is what "naive" refers to regarding his worldly affairs. But regarding his religious affairs, he is among the most intelligent, most alert, and most rational of people. So this description of being "naive" relates to his worldly affairs and his relationship with people. Because of his good opinion of people and the soundness of his inner self, he deals with people with this good intention. And most people, as mentioned in the second part of the hadith, most people today, if they are able to take from a person something of his wealth or his property by any means, they will not hold back. This is not the nature of the Muslim; this is the nature of the wicked, cunning, deceitful, mean sinner. So the believer is naive and noble, and the sinner is cunning, meaning deceitful and mean.
So these are two characteristics that go together: the believer is naive and noble in soul, generous and bountiful. As for the sinner, he is cunning and mean. So these are two characteristics with the believer, and two characteristics with the sinner that correspond to them. The believer is naive, meaning good-hearted, pure in his inner self, noble, who gives wealth and is generous with it to people. This is the opposite of the sinner, who is cunning and deceptive, trying by every means to dominate the wealth of people in what is not lawful for him. Then he is not noble, but rather, as came in this hadith, he is mean. In the next lesson, if Allah wills, there will be a chapter on cursing.
This is sufficient, and all praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds.