It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. 'Amr that the Prophet (ﷺ) observed:
"There are four characteristics, whoever has them all is a pure hypocrite, and whoever has one of its characteristics, he has one of the characteristics of hypocrisy, until he gives it up: When he speaks he lies, when he makes a covenant he betrays it, when he makes a promise he breaks it, and when he disputes he resorts to obscene speech." In the narration of Sufyan (one of the narrators) it is: "And if he has one of them, he has one of the characteristics of hypocrisy."
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، ح وَحَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَلَّةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَلَّةٌ مِنْ نِفَاقٍ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا إِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ وَإِذَا وَعَدَ أَخْلَفَ وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ " . غَيْرَ أَنَّ فِي حَدِيثِ سُفْيَانَ " وَإِنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ " .
Isnad
12 transmitters- 1Abu Bakr bin Abi ShaybaKufa · d. ~235 AH
- 2'Abdullah bin NumayrHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 199 AH
- 3Muhammad bin 'Abdullah bin NumayrHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 234 AH
- 4'Abdullah bin NumayrHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 199 AH
- 5Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 6Zuhayr bin HarbNisa'/Baghdad · d. 234 AH/848 CE
- 7Waki' bin al-JarrahKufa · d. ~197 AH
- 8Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-ThawriKufa/Hijaz/Basra · d. 161 AH
- 9Sulaiman al-A'mashal-Kufa · d. 147 AH
- 10'Abdullah bin Marrah al-KharfiHamadan,al-Kufa · d. 100 AH or before
- 11Masrouq bin al-Ajda'Hijaz,Kufa · d. ~63 AH
- 12'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin al-'AasMakkah/Medina/Egypt/Syria/Ta'if · d. 63 AH/65 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 1, Hadith 116
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Book 1, Hadith 111 (deprecated numbering scheme)