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hear these same things repeated ten times a day, (and no one
seems to mind)." A certain learned man said, "The person closest
to hypocrisy is he who deems himself free thereof." Hudhayfah
also said, "Hypocrites are more numerous today than they
were at the time of the Prophet - the praise and peace be
upon him -. At that time they used to conceal their hypocrisy;
now they reveal it." Such hypocrisy militates against the
reality of belief as well as against its perfectness. It
is something concealed and subtle: the farthest removed from
it are those who are constantly afraid of it, while those who
deem themselves free of it are they who are nearest to it.
A Hasan al Basri was once told: "There is no more hypocrisy nowadays".
To which he replied, "Brother! Were the hypocrites
seems to mind)." A certain learned man said, "The person closest
to hypocrisy is he who deems himself free thereof." Hudhayfah
also said, "Hypocrites are more numerous today than they
were at the time of the Prophet - the praise and peace be
upon him -. At that time they used to conceal their hypocrisy;
now they reveal it." Such hypocrisy militates against the
reality of belief as well as against its perfectness. It
is something concealed and subtle: the farthest removed from
it are those who are constantly afraid of it, while those who
deem themselves free of it are they who are nearest to it.
A Hasan al Basri was once told: "There is no more hypocrisy nowadays".
To which he replied, "Brother! Were the hypocrites