Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2632
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا وَإِنْ كَانَتْ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا مَنْ إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ " . قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخَلاَّلُ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . وَإِنَّمَا مَعْنَى هَذَا عِنْدَ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ نِفَاقُ الْعَمَلِ وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ نِفَاقُ التَّكْذِيبِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم هَكَذَا رُوِيَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ شَيْئًا مِنْ هَذَا أَنَّهُ قَالَ النِّفَاقُ نِفَاقَانِ نِفَاقُ الْعَمَلِ وَنِفَاقُ التَّكْذِيبِ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Amr reported that the Prophet said: ‘There are four traits which, if a person has them, make him a hypocrite; and if he has one of them, he has a trait of hypocrisy until he gives it up: when he speaks, he lies; when he promises, he breaks it; when he quarrels, he transgresses; and when he makes a pact, he betrays it.’ Abu ‘Isa said: ‘This hadith is hasan sahih.’ Al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali al-Khallal narrated it through ‘Abdullah ibn Numayr, from al-A‘mash, from ‘Abdullah ibn Murrah, with similar wording; Abu ‘Isa also graded it hasan sahih.
The scholars understand this as hypocrisy in deeds. The hypocrisy of denial was present in the time of the Messenger of Allah. Something similar is reported from al-Hasan al-Basri, who said: ‘Hypocrisy is of two kinds: hypocrisy in deeds and hypocrisy of denial.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source distinguishes practical hypocrisy from hypocrisy of denial, explicitly cautioning against conflating the two. The clause ‘until he gives it up’ applies to having one of the traits; this qualification is preserved.