Is it hypocrisy if one threatens a person with beating and then does not carry it out?
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The questioner : ... His saying: , does it include both evil and good?
The Shaykh : What do you say about this? It is a question that has come up. If you threaten a person that you will beat him and then you do not do it, is it called a promise or a threat?
The questioner : A threat.
The Shaykh : A threat. Be a linguist who understands, O Adam, and listen to the saying of the poet:
"And I, whether I threaten him or promise him, am one who breaks it... my threat and my fulfillment are my promise".
Do you understand now? So, is breaking a threat an act of hypocrisy or an act of excellence in worship?
The questioner : The second one, ... meaning it is all good.
The Shaykh : No, it is not even called a promise in the first place. This is called a threat or a warning. Do you understand the difference?
The questioner : It did not appear.
The Shaykh : It did not appear. All right, you promised your son that you would give him a dirham after the afternoon prayer. When the time after the afternoon prayer came, he came to you and said, "Give me the dirham." You said, "I am not giving it to you." What is this called? A breach of what?
A promise. You said to your son when he made a mistake in some things: "I promised you that after the afternoon prayer I will show you the afternoon, if Allah wills. Now I am going to the college, but if Allah wills, after the afternoon prayer I will show you." So when the time after the afternoon prayer came, you forgave him. Is this a breach of a promise or a threat?
The questioner : A threat.
The Shaykh : A threat. And for this reason, you find your son is happy. When you first promised him a riyal and did not give it to him, he was upset. In any case, breaking a threat is not called a promise; it is called a threat, though it may be called a promise by way of figurative speech.
The questioner : Is it from excellence in worship, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Is it from excellence in worship?
The Shaykh : Which one? Is it from excellence in worship? Yes, that is right.
If he promises, he breaks it
إذا وعد أخلفThe Shaykh : What do you say about this? It is a question that has come up. If you threaten a person that you will beat him and then you do not do it, is it called a promise or a threat?
The questioner : A threat.
The Shaykh : A threat. Be a linguist who understands, O Adam, and listen to the saying of the poet:
"And I, whether I threaten him or promise him, am one who breaks it... my threat and my fulfillment are my promise".
Do you understand now? So, is breaking a threat an act of hypocrisy or an act of excellence in worship?
The questioner : The second one, ... meaning it is all good.
The Shaykh : No, it is not even called a promise in the first place. This is called a threat or a warning. Do you understand the difference?
The questioner : It did not appear.
The Shaykh : It did not appear. All right, you promised your son that you would give him a dirham after the afternoon prayer. When the time after the afternoon prayer came, he came to you and said, "Give me the dirham." You said, "I am not giving it to you." What is this called? A breach of what?
A promise. You said to your son when he made a mistake in some things: "I promised you that after the afternoon prayer I will show you the afternoon, if Allah wills. Now I am going to the college, but if Allah wills, after the afternoon prayer I will show you." So when the time after the afternoon prayer came, you forgave him. Is this a breach of a promise or a threat?
The questioner : A threat.
The Shaykh : A threat. And for this reason, you find your son is happy. When you first promised him a riyal and did not give it to him, he was upset. In any case, breaking a threat is not called a promise; it is called a threat, though it may be called a promise by way of figurative speech.
The questioner : Is it from excellence in worship, O Shaykh?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : Is it from excellence in worship?
The Shaykh : Which one? Is it from excellence in worship? Yes, that is right.