Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah
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Hypocrisy is a deep rooted and all-pervading spiritual disease. A
person’s heart could be overflowing with it yet be oblivious of it due
to its hidden and subtle nature; frequently does it lead a person to
think he is acting rightly when in reality he is spreading corruption.
It is two types: major and minor; major hypocrisy leads to eternal
punishment in the lowest depths of Hell; it is to outwardly one is
devoid of such belief, indeed disbelieving in it. He does not believe
that Allah spoke to a man amongst men who appointed to be a Messenger:
guiding them by His permission and warning of His punishment.
In the Qur’an, Allah has revealed the
machinations of the hypocrites; He has unveiled their beliefs, their
qualities, and made their goals clear so that the believers can be aware
of them. He divided mankind into three groups in the beginning of Surah
al-Baqarah: the believer, the disbeliever, and the hypocrite. He
mentioned four verses concerning the believers, two verses concerning
the disbelievers, and thirteen verses concerning the hypocrites due to
their plenitude and the great harm and tribulation they bring to Islam
and the Muslims. The harm they cause to Islam is truly severe for they
claim to be Muslims, they claim to aid and support Islam, whereas in
reality they are its enemies seeking to destroy it from within, covertly
spreading their corruption and ignorance such that the unwary thinks
that what they are upon is knowledge and right action.
By Allah! How many strongholds of Islam
have they destroyed; how many fortresses have they rendered to ruin how
many signposts of Islam have they effaced; how many raised flags have
they lowered; and how many seeds of doubt have they attempted to sow in
order to uproot the religion!
This small treatise deals with characteristics and descriptions of the Hypocrites with two external beneficial appendixes.
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