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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 face and another people with another face." Al Hasan al-Basri was once told,
"There
are some who say that they do not fear hypocrisy." Thereupon he answered, "By Allah, I would rather
be sure that I am free of hypocrisy than have all the gold in the world." Al Hasan also said,
"Among the
different kinds of hypocrisy are the disagreements between the tongue and the heart, between the
concealed and the revealed, and between the entrance and the exit." A certain person told Hudhayfah:
"Indeed, I fear I am a hypocrite." To which Hudhayfah replied, "Do not fear. If you were a
hypocrite you
would not have feared hypocrisy. Indeed, hypocrisy does not fear hypocrisy."

Ibn abi Mulaykah said, "I have known one hundred and thirty of the Companions of the Prophet - the