How to Recognize the Hypocrite

As-Salāmu ‘Alaykum wa RaḥmatuLlāhi wa Barakātuh. A‘ūdhu BiLlāhi Minash-shayṭāni r-rajīm. BismiLlāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm. Wa ṣ-Salātu wa s-Salāmu ‘alá Rasūlinā Muḥammadin Sayyidi l-Awwalīna wa l-Akhirīn. Madad yā RasūlAllāh, Madad yā Sādāti Aṣḥābi RasūliLlāh, Madad yā Mashāyikhinā, Dastūr Mawlana Sheikh Abdullāh al-Fā’iz ad-Dāghistāni, Sheikh Muḥammad Nāẓim al- Ḥaqqānī. Madad. Ṭarīqatunā aṣ-Suḥbah wa l-Khayru fi l-Jam‘iyyah.

Bismi Llāhi r-Raḥmāni r-Raḥīm:

(Qur’ān 04:145). ‘Inna Al-Munāfiqīna Fī Ad-Darki Al-'Asfali Mina An-Nāri’, ‘Indeed, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depths of the Fire.’ Hypocrites are in the lowest part of hell, says Allah ‘Azza wa-Jalla. Because those who appear like Muslims but harm Muslims are hypocrites. They are the most disliked people of Allah ﷻ. Hypocrites existed in the time of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. Even though he ﷺ knew, our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam was patient.

People nowadays are like this. They know Muslims as enemies. They show hostility towards them and appear like them even though they are not. They are always there. Allah’s ﷻ rage will be upon them. When it is Kafir, you know that he is Kafir and adjust yourself accordingly. But when it is a hypocrite, he appears like he is more Muslim than you. That is in order to destroy Islam. Who are they? They are the enemies of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam, they don’t love him ﷺ. How shall we recognize them? When you make Salawat, or when you show love to our Holy Prophet ﷺ, they say you are Mushrik and Kafir. They are the people who keep you away from this great virtue.

We won’t enter paradise with our deeds. But we will enter it with love. Our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam said a person will be with whom he loves. Therefore, their main goal is to remove this love and lead people to hell. Without the love of our Holy Prophet ﷺ, a person has no value. None of his actions has any benefit. The most necessary thing people need for their Akhirah and for paradise is the love of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam. With love we attain his ﷺ intercession. Otherwise, if you are together with hypocrites, you are in trouble then. Something bad will happen to you for sure. May Allah ﷻ protect us. May He ﷻ protect us from the hypocrites.

Hypocrites are the ones who attack more than Kafirs everywhere. They multiplied after the Ottomans. They had existed before that. But afterwards, they became much more. May Allah ﷻ protect us from their evil. May we always have the love of our Holy Prophet ﷺ in our hearts. The love of our Holy Prophet salla Llāhu ‘alayhi wa-sallam is Fard. Our Holy Prophet ﷺ says, “You cannot reach true Iman unless you love me more than your mother, father and yourself”. Your Iman is not complete then. Therefore, may we have everlasting love towards our Holy Prophet ﷺ in our hearts so that our Iman is strong insha’Allah.

Wa min Allah at-Tawfiq. Al-Fatiha.

Mawlana Sheikh Muhammad Adil ar-Rabbani 18 November 2023/ 04 Jumada al-Awwal 1445 Fajr Prayer, Akbaba Dergah