Explanation of Riyad al-Salihin-28b

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The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said, in what he quoted from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

The signs of a hypocrite are three: 1. Whenever he speaks, he tells a lie. 2. Whenever he promises, he always breaks it (his promise ). 3. If you trust him, he proves to be dishonest.

آية المنافق ثلاث: إذا حدث كذب، وإذا وعد أخلف، وإذا اؤتمن خان، وإن صلى وصام وزعم أنه مسلم

Sahih al-Bukhari 33

The word "sign" (ayah) means a mark or indicator. The sign of a thing is its ayah, as Allah the Exalted said:

And has it not been a sign to them that it is recognized by the scholars of the Children of Israel?

أَوَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُمْ آيَةً أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرائيلَ

[Ash-Shu'ara 26:197]

This means: Or did they not have a sign to know the truth of what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) brought, the validity of his Shari'ah, and that this Qur'an is the truth?

That the scholars of the Children of Israel knew it?

أَنْ يَعْلَمَهُ عُلَمَاءُ بَنِي إِسْرائيلَ

And they know that it is the one about which Moses and Jesus (peace be upon them) gave glad tidings. Similarly, Allah the Exalted said:

And a sign for them is that We carried their forefathers in a laden ship.

وَآيَةٌ لَهُمْ أَنَّا حَمَلْنَا ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ

[Ya-Sin 36:41]

"Ayah" means a sign. So the sign of the hypocrite is three. The hypocrite is the one who conceals evil and displays good. This includes concealing disbelief while displaying Islam. The term is derived from the burrow of the gerbil. The burrow of the gerbil, which we call the jerboa, is such that it is clever and digs a hole in the ground, opening a door for it. Then it digs a small opening at the far end of the hole for exit, but it is a hidden opening that is not known. So if someone blocks its hole from the door, it pushes through this opening at the bottom of the hole with its head and exits from there. Thus, the hypocrite displays good and conceals evil; he displays Islam and conceals disbelief. Hypocrisy became prominent in the time of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) after the Battle of Badr, when the leaders of Quraysh were killed at Badr and the Muslims gained the upper hand. Hypocrisy appeared, and these hypocrites displayed that they were Muslims while they were disbelievers.

And when they meet those who believe, they say, "We believe"; but when they are alone with their evil ones, they say, "Indeed, we are with you; we were only mockers."

وَإِذَا لَقُوا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا قَالُوا آمَنَّا وَإِذَا خَلَوْا إِلَى شَيَاطِينِهِمْ قَالُوا إِنَّا مَعَكُمْ إِنَّمَا نَحْنُ مُسْتَهْزِئُونَ

[Al-Baqarah 2:14]

Allah the Exalted said:

[But] Allah mocks them and prolongs them in their transgression [while] they wander blindly.

اللَّهُ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِهِمْ وَيَمُدُّهُمْ فِي طُغْيَانِهِمْ يَعْمَهُونَ

[Al-Baqarah 2:15]

When the hypocrites come to you, [O Muhammad], they say, "We testify that you are the Messenger of Allah."

إِذَا جَاءَكَ الْمُنَافِقُونَ قَالُوا نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ اللَّه

[Al-Munafiqun 63:1]

They say: "We bear witness that you are indeed the Messenger of Allah." They emphasize this statement with the oath of testimony, with "inna" (indeed), and with the emphatic "lam." So Allah the Exalted said:

And Allah knows that you are His Messenger, and Allah testifies that the hypocrites are liars.

وَاللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُ وَاللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ الْمُنَافِقِينَ لَكَاذِبُونَ

[Al-Munafiqun 63:1]

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