بـسـم الله والحـمـد لله والـصلاة والـسـلام عــلى رسـول الله، وبـعـد
The
Haafidh, the Imaam, Shams-uddeen al-Dhahabee رحمه
الله mentioned in Siyar A`laam
al-Nubalaa’:
On
the authority of Jubair bin Nufair that he heard Abu Dardaa’ رضي الله عنه at the end of his
prayer, after he had completed his Tashahhud, seeking Allaah’s refuge
from hypocrisy. He increasingly (and repeatedly) sought refuge in Him from it.
Jubair
said to him: “O Abu Dardaa’! What is this between you and hypocrisy?”
Abu
Dardaa’ said: “Leave me alone! Leave me alone! By Allaah! Within an hour a
person can turn away from his religion and abandon it.”
Imaam
al-Dhahabee said: The Chain of this narration is “Saheeh”.
Imaam al-Dhahabee also said: And
from minor hypocrisy is: A person utters a word (carelessly), without thinking
of its gravity, nor thinking that it will reach such a magnitude, and because
of that he will be thrown into the Hellfire the distance of seventy years. [1]
As
for major hypocrisy: even though a person is convinced that he is a Muslim, he
is still obliged to seek Allaah’s refuge from hypocrisy and Shirk, For he doesn’t know how his end will be. Maybe he might be a Believer in the morning but by evening
he becomes a Kaafir. We seek Allaah’s refuge from this.
[Siyar
A`laam al-Nubalaa’ (6/382-383)]
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[1] A Hadeeth with a similar meaning has been reported
by Imaam al-Bukhaaree in his Saheeh (6478):
Narrated
Abu Hurairah رضي الله عنه: The
Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم
said: “A slave (of Allaah) may utter a word
which pleases Allaah without giving it much importance, and because of that Allaah
will raise him to degrees (of reward): and a slave (of Allah) may utter a word
(carelessly) which displeases Allaah without thinking of its gravity and
because of that he will be thrown into the Hell-Fire.”
