The last blog was discussing the aspects of minor hypocrisy, which can be found within muslims. These are the people who misinterpret the teachings found in the Holy Quran and the Hadiths of the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings be upon him, in order to suit their own desires while claiming to follow the righteous predecessors.
Ignorance is dearer to them than gaining beneficial knowledge. Even if they obtain some knowledge they cherry pick which things to act on and which things to ignore. These people have been described in the Holy Quran as those whose knowledge does not profit them. Chapter 62 Al Jumu’ah, verse 5:
“…and then they failed to live up (act on their knowledge) to it is that of a donkeyladen with books…”
Doubts and desires have taken hold of their hearts so they give priority to the temporal world over the permanent hereafter. Their intentions are nothing except to gain the material world even when they perform righteous deeds. They fail to remember the famous Hadith found in Sahih Bukhari, number 1, which clearly advises that one will be judged according to their intention. They behave like the righteous yet, will find no righteous reward on Judgment Day. They prefer pleasing people over obeying Allah, the Exalted. They fail to understand that when one aims to please Allah, the Exalted, He will protect them from the displeasure of people, even if this protection is not obvious. But if a person chooses the obedience of people they will not protect them from the displeasure of Allah, the Exalted.
A sign of hypocrisy is being two-faced. This is the one who changes their behaviour in order to please different groups of people intending thereby to gain some worldly things. They speak with many different tongues showing their support to different people while harbouring dislike for them. They fail to be sincere towards people which has been commanded in a Hadith found in Sunan An Nasai, number 4204. If they fail to repent they will find themself in the hereafter with two tongues of fire. This is confirmed in a Hadith found in Sunan Abu Dawud, number 4873. Chapter 2 Al Baqarah, verse 14:
“When they meet the believers, they say: “We believe,” but when they meet their evil companions (in privacy), they say: “Surely we are with you; we were merely jesting.””
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