Translated
from urdu (originally written by Shaikh Ibadullah Qarni)
That is
what distinguishes the hypocrites, that they and all praise be to Allah,
do not understand a thing about the Religion. The hypocrite knows how to
drive a car and its mechanics, he knows the nations of the world and their
capitals, he also knows lots of trivial things and various other useless
facts which do not benefit him, if they do not harm him. However, when you
approach him with things from the Religion which are common knowledge, he
doesn't know a thing about them. Allah, the Sublime, says: "But the
hypocrites do not understand." Al-Qur'an, Al-Munaafiqoon (63):7.
The
Messenger of Allah,(salallahu
alayhi wasalam), said as is
reported in the Saheehs of Al-Bukhari and Muslim: "Whomsoever Allah
wishes to show goodness, he gives him understanding of the Religion."
The people of
knowledge have said the opposite to this is that whomsoever Allah does not
wish to show goodness, He does
not bestow upon him the understanding of the Religion. The sign of a
believer is that he understands the Religion and is constantly increasing
his knowledge of certain matters and benefits and he is covetous of all
that is good, as well as the gatherings wherein it is disseminated. The
hypocrite, however, completely turns away. When the people talk in a
gathering about matters to do with the Prayer or worship, it is to him as
if they are speaking in a different language. However, when a matter of
this world comes up such a price of goods, vouchers, bills, travellers
cheques, the yen and the dollar (and I do not say that the believer does
not know these matters, rather he knows these matters but he also knows
the affairs of the Religion) then he (the hypocrite) speaks as if that is
the only thing in the world which interests him besides food and drink. So
he who knows these matters but does not know a thing about the Religion,
then that is a sign of hypocrisy and refuge is only with Allah!
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