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to perish from the land you would feel lonely on the way".
Again either al Hasan himself or someone else said, "Were tails
to grow on the backs of the hypocrites and trail behind
them our feet would no longer be able to touch the earth." Once
Ibn 'Umar, on hearing a man speak disparagingly of al Hajjaj
(the Umayyad governor), told him, "Would you speak disparagingly
of him if he were here present?" The man answered,
"No." Thereupon Ibn 'Umar said, "We used to consider this hypocritical
at the time of the Prophet - the praise and peace
be upon him -. The Prophet said, 'He who has a fork-tongue
in this world will, in the Hereafter, be made fork-tongued
by Allah."'
The Prophet - the praise and peace be upon him - also said, "The
worst man is the two-faced who meets one people with one
Again either al Hasan himself or someone else said, "Were tails
to grow on the backs of the hypocrites and trail behind
them our feet would no longer be able to touch the earth." Once
Ibn 'Umar, on hearing a man speak disparagingly of al Hajjaj
(the Umayyad governor), told him, "Would you speak disparagingly
of him if he were here present?" The man answered,
"No." Thereupon Ibn 'Umar said, "We used to consider this hypocritical
at the time of the Prophet - the praise and peace
be upon him -. The Prophet said, 'He who has a fork-tongue
in this world will, in the Hereafter, be made fork-tongued
by Allah."'
The Prophet - the praise and peace be upon him - also said, "The
worst man is the two-faced who meets one people with one