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259 – Chapter: The Censure of the Two-Faced Person

Allah the Exalted says: “They conceal (their schemes) from people, yet they cannot conceal from Allah, for He is with them when they spend the night (1) devising words He does not approve, and Allah ever encompasses what they do.” (Sūrat al-Nisāʾ 4:108).

1548 – Abū Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “You will find people (2) like mines; the best of them in the pre-Islamic era are the best of them in Islam once they gain understanding (3). You will also find that the best of people in this affair (4) are those who dislike it the most, and you will find that the worst of people is the two-faced one—he comes to these with one face and to those with another.” Agreed upon.

1549 – Muḥammad ibn Zayd narrated that some people said to his grandfather ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both), “We enter upon our rulers (5) and tell them something different from what we say after leaving them.” He replied, “During the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ we used to regard that as hypocrisy.” Related by al-Bukhārī.

260 – Chapter: The Prohibition of Lying

Allah the Exalted says: “And do not pursue that of which you have no knowledge.” (Sūrat al-Isrāʾ 17:36).

He also says: “No word does he utter but that with him is a watcher ready (to record).” (Sūrat Qāf 50:18).

1550 – Ibn Masʿūd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Indeed, truthfulness …” (hadith continues).

(1) That is, they administer and manage affairs. (2) In other words, they are people of lineage to which they trace themselves and about which they boast. (3) Namely, they have been instructed in the sharia rulings. (4) That is, in matters of governance and leadership. (5) Meaning, those who hold authority over us; see hadith no. 1625.

٢٥٩ - باب ذَمِّ ذِي الْوَجْهَيْنِ قال الله تعالى : ﴿يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ النَّاسِ وَلَا يَسْتَخْفُونَ مِنَ اللَّهِ وَهُوَ مَعَهُمْ ، إِذْ يُبَيِّتُونَ (١) مَا لَا يَرْضَى مِنَ الْقَوْلِ ، وَكَانَ اللَّهُ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطًا﴾ . [سورة النساء الآية : ١٠٨] . ١٥٤٨ - وعن أبي هريرة رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « تَجِدُونَ النَّاسَ مَعَادِنَ (٢) : خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ إِذَا فَقَّهُوا (٣) ، وَتَجِدُونَ خِيَارَ النَّاسِ فِي هَذَا الشَّأْنِ (٤) أَشَدَّهُمْ كَرَاهِيَةً لَهُ ، وَتَجِدُونَ شَرَّ النَّاسِ ذَا الْوَجْهَيْنِ ، الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ ، وَهَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ » متفق عليه . ١٥٤٩ - وعن محمد بن زيد ، أن ناساً قالوا لِجَدِّهِ عبد الله بن عمر رضي الله عنهما : إِنَّا نَدْخُلُ عَلَى سَلَاطِينِنَا (٥) فَنَقُولُ لَهُمْ بِخِلَافِ مَا نَتَكَلَّمُ إِذَا خَرَجْنَا مِنْ عِنْدِهِمْ . قال : كُنَّا نَعُدُّ هَذَا نِفَاقًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ . رواه البخاري . ٢٦٠ - باب تحريم الكذب قال الله تعالى : ﴿وَلَا تَقْفُ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ﴾ [سورة الإسراء الآية : ٣٦] . وقال تعالى : ﴿مَا يَلْفِظُ مِنْ قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ﴾ [سورة ق الآية : ١٨] . ١٥٥٠ - وعن ابن مسعود رضي الله عنه قال : قال رسول الله ﷺ : « إِنَّ الصِّدْقَ

(١) أي : يدبرون . (٢) أي : ذوي أصول ينسبون إليها ويتفاخرون بها . (٣) أي : علموا الأحكام الشرعية . (٤) أي : في الإمارة . (٥) أي : ذوي الولاية علينا . وراجع الحديث برقم (١٦٢٥) .