Sunan Ibn Majah

Sunan Ibn Majah 3975

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِي، يَعْلَى عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ أَبِي الشَّعْثَاءِ، قَالَ قِيلَ لاِبْنِ عُمَرَ إِنَّا نَدْخُلُ عَلَى أُمَرَائِنَا فَنَقُولُ الْقَوْلَ فَإِذَا خَرَجْنَا قُلْنَا غَيْرَهُ ‏.‏ قَالَ كُنَّا نَعُدُّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ النِّفَاقَ ‏.‏

Translation

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It was narrated from Abu Sha‘tha that someone said to Ibn ‘Umar: ‘We visit our rulers and say one thing, then when we leave, we say something different.’ He said, ‘In the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, we used to regard that as hypocrisy.’