Ibn Sireen said: There is nothing I fear more than this
verse (interpretation of the meaning): “And of mankind, there are some
(hypocrites) who say: ‘We believe in Allaah and the Last Day,’ while in fact
they believe not” [al-Baqarah 2:8].
Ayyoob said: Every verse in the Qur’aan which mentions
hypocrisy I fear lest it apply to me.
Mu’aawiyah ibn Qurrah said: ‘Umar used to fear it, so how I
can feel safe from it?
Imam Ahmad was asked: What do you say about one who does not
fear hypocrisy for himself? He said: Who can feel safe from hypocrisy?
It was narrated that Hanzalah al-Usaydi said: Abu Bakr met
me and said: How are you, O Hanzalah? I said: Hanzalah has become a hypocrite.
He said: Subhaan Allaah! What are you saying? I said: When we are with the
Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) he reminds us
of the Fire and the Garden until it is as if we are seeing them with our own
eyes, but when we depart from the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of
Allaah be upon him), we attend to our wives and children and businesses, and we
forget a great deal. Abu Bakr said: By Allaah, we experience something similar.
Abu Bakr and I went and entered upon the Messenger of Allaah (peace and
blessings of Allaah be upon him), and I said: Hanzalah has become a hypocrite,
O Messenger of Allaah. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: “Why is that?” I said: O Messenger of Allaah, when we are
with you, you remind us of the Fire and the Garden until it is as if we are
seeing them with our own eyes, but when we depart from you, we attend to our
wives and children and businesses, and we forget a great deal. The Messenger of
Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “By the One in Whose hand
is my soul, if you continued as you are when you are with me, and continued to
remember (Paradise and Hell), the angels would shake hands with you in your
homes and on the streets. But, O Hanzalah, there is a time for this and a time
for that” (he said it) three times.
Narrated by Muslim (2750).
Ibn Abi Mulaykah said: I met thirty of the companions of the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), all of whom feared being
hypocrites, and none of them ever said that he had faith equivalent to that of
Jibreel and Mikaa’eel.
al-Ja’d Abu ‘Uthmaan said: I said to Abu Raja’
al-‘Attaaridi: Did you meet anyone whom I met of the companions of the Prophet
(peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) who feared falling into hypocrisy?
He said: Yes. Praise be to Allaah I met some of the prominent ones among them,
and they used to fear it a great deal.
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