صِفَةُ المُنافِقِ The Description of a Hypocrite

5ـ رسولُ اللهِ‏ِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): المُنافِقُ مَن إذا وَعَدَ أخلَفَ، وإذا فَعَلَ أفشى، وإذا قالَ كَذَبَ، وإذا ائتُمِنَ خانَ، وإذا رُزِقَ طاشَ، وإذا مُنِعَ عاشَ.

5– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A hypocrite is someone who when he makes a promise he does not fulfil it, when he does something [bad], he discloses it, when he speaks he lies, when he is entrusted with something he betrays, when he is given sustenance he is fickle and thoughtless, and when he is deprived he spends [more].’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 207, no. 8]
 

6ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): المُنافِقُ يَملِكُ عَينَيهِ يَبكي كما يَشاءُ.

6– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘A hypocrite has control over his eyes, he cries whenever he wants to.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 854]
 

7ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): لِلمُنافِقينَ عَلاماتٌ يُعرَفونَ بِها: تَحِيَّتُهُم لَعنَةٌ، وطَعامُهُم نُهمَةٌ، وغَنيمَتُهُم غُلولٌ، لا يَقرَبونَ المَساجِدَ إلّا هُجراً، ولا يَأتونَ الصَّلاةَ إلّا دُبُرا، مُستَكبِرينَ لا يَألَفونَ ولا يُؤلَفونَ، خُشُبٌ باللَّيلِ سُخُبٌ بالنَّهارِ .

7– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Hypocrites have signs through which they are known: their greeting is cursing, their food is greed, their earnings are through breaches of trust, they do not come close to the mosques save with contempt, they only fulfil their prayers to flee [from them], [they are] haughty people who do not socialize and are not sociable, they are as wood in the night, loud in the day.’[Kanz al-`Ummal, no. 862]
 

8ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): مَن خالَفَت سَريرَتُهُ عَلانِيَتَهُ فهُو مُنافِقٌ كائناً مَن كانَ .

8– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘He whose inner is contrary to his outer is a hypocrite, no matter who he may be.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 72, p. 207, no. 8]
 

9ـ رسولُ اللهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): ما زادَ خُشوعُ الجَسَدِ على ما في القَلبِ فهُو عِندَنا نِفاقٌ .

9– The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘When humbleness of the body supercedes that which is in the heart then in our view it is hypocrisy.’[al-Kafi, v. 2, p. 396, no. 6]
 

10ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المُنافِقُ إذا نَظَرَ لَها، وإذا سَكَتَ سَها، وإذا تَكَلَّمَ لَغا، وإذا استَغنى طَغا، وإذا أصابَتهُ شِدَّةٌ ضَغا، فهُو قَريبُ السُّخطِ بَعيدُ الرِّضا، يُسخِطُهُ علَى اللّه‏ِ اليَسيرُ، ولا يُرضيهِ الكثيرُ، يَنوي كثيراً مِن الشَّرِّ ويَعمَلُ بطائفَةٍ مِنهُ، ويَتَلَهَّفُ على ما فاتَهُ مِن الشَّرِّ كيفَ لَم يَعمَلْ بهِ!

10– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘A hypocrite, when he looks he is frivolous, when he is silent he forgets, when he speaks he prattles, when he becomes wealthy he tyrannizes, when hardship afflicts him he is treacherous, so he is close to discontentment and far from contentment. Minor things make him discontented with Allah, and he is never content, even with much. He intends to do a lot of evil and commits some of them, and he regrets the evil deeds that pass him by and how he did not manage to commit them.’[Tuhaf al-`Uqoul, p. 212]
 

11ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): لو ضَرَبتُ خَيشومَ المُؤمِنِ بسَيفي هذا على أن يُبغِضَني ما أبغَضَني، ولو صَبَبتُ الدُّنيا بِجَمّاتِها علَى المُنافِقِ على أن يُحِبَّني ما أحَبَّني، وذلكَ أنّهُ قُضِيَ فانقَضى على لِسانِ النَّبيِّ الاُمِّيِّ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ)، أنّهُ قالَ: يا عليُّ، لا يُبغِضُكَ مُؤمِنٌ، ولا يُحِبُّكَ مُنافِقٌ.

11– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘If I was to strike the tip of the nose of a believer with my sword to hate me with as much hatred as he can, and if I was to pour down the whole world onto a hypocrite to love me with as much love as possible, [they would not be able to], and this is because of what has been destined, as this was passed on through the tongue of the unchooled Prophet (SAWA), saying, ‘ Ali, a believer can never hate you and a hypocrite can never love you.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 45]
 

12ـ الإمامُ زينُ العابدينَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): المُنافِقُ يَنهى ولا يَنتَهي، ويأمُرُ بما لا يأتي، إذا قامَ في الصَّلاةِ اعتَرَضَ، وإذا رَكَعَ رَبَضَ، وإذا سَجَدَ نَقَرَ، وإذا جَلَسَ شَغَرَ، يُمسي وهَمُّهُ الطَّعامُ وهُو مُفطِرٌ، ويُصبِحُ وهَمُّهُ النَّومُ ولَم يَسهَرْ، إن حَدَّثَكَ كَذبَكَ، وإن وَعَدَكَ أخلَفَكَ، وإنِ ائتَمَنتَهُ خانَكَ، وإن خالَفتَهُ اغتابَكَ.

12– Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘A hypocrite prohibits [wrongdoing] but does not refrain from it himself, and he enjoins that which he does not do himself. When he prays he complains, when he bows (ruku`a) he slumps, when he prostrates (sujud) he pecks [prostrating so fast], when he sits he spreads himself out, when he is going to bed his only concern is food even though he is full, and when he wakes up in the morning, his only concern is sleep even though he did not stay up during the night. When he speaks to you he lies, when he makes a promise he does not fulfil it, if you entrust him with anything he betrays it, and if you disagree with him he backbites you.’[Amali al-Saduq, p. 399, no. 12]
 

13ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): أربَعٌ مِن عَلاماتِ النِّفاقِ: قَساوَةُ القَلبِ، وجُمودُ العَينِ، والإصرارُ علَى الذَّنبِ، والحِرصُ علَى الدُّنيا.

13– Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘There are four signs to a hypocrite: hardheartedness, dryness of the eyes, persistence in sinning, and greed for the world.’[al-Ikhtisas, p. 228]