Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr:
The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Whoever has (the following) four characters will be a hypocrite, and whoever has one of the following four characteristics will have one characteristic of hypocrisy until he gives it up. These are: (1 ) Whenever he talks, he tells a lie; (2) whenever he makes a promise, he breaks it; (3) whenever he makes a covenant he proves treacherous; (4) and whenever he quarrels, he behaves impudently in an evil insulting manner." (See Hadith No. 33 Vol. 1)
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ
أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا، أَوْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ، حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ، وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ، وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ
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Isnad
7 transmitters- 1Bashr bin Khalid al-'Askaryal-Basra · d. 255 AH
- 2Muhammad bin Ja'far Ghandaral-Basra · d. 194 AH
- 3Shu'bah bin al-HajjajWasit,Basra · d. 160 AH
- 4Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 5'Abdullah bin Marrah al-KharfiHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 100 AH or before
- 6Masrouq bin al-Ajda'Hijaz,Kufa · d. ~63 AH
- 7'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'AasMakkah/Medina/Egypt/Syria/Ta'if · d. 63 AH/65 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 46, Hadith 20
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 3, Book 43, Hadith 639 (deprecated numbering scheme)