Hypocrites

Hypocrites strive to cause corruption during times of difficulty and strife. However, hypocrites’ actions against the believers are by no means limited to such situations. They pursue their hostility and attempts to cause fitnah whenever possible. In the Qur’an, this characteristic of the hypocrites is related as, “... Every time they are sent back to temptation, they succumb thereto...”(Surat an-Nisa’, 91) The most evident trait of the hypocrites with this regard is their forming of factions to separate themselves from the believers. Interestingly though, even then, they will try to preserve their reputation as Muslims, while proceeding with their hypocrisy. The most important reason for this being, as stated earlier, is a hypocrite does not acknowledge his own hypocrisy. No hypocrite would sincerely confess, “I caused fitnah among the pious believers, I offended believers for my own personal gain. I am a hypocrite; I do not have faith.” For this reason, although he no longer rem...