Characteristics of the Hypocrites

Characteristics of the Hypocrites is a warning based on Qur’ān, Sunnah, and the explanations of the early scholars about the signs of hypocrisy that can appear in a believer’s heart. The book explains that hypocrisy stems from weak faith, hidden intentions, and a heart that fears people more than Allah. Its major traits include lying, breaking promises, betraying trusts, showing off in worship, laziness in prayer, mockery of the truth, double-faced behavior, and secretly loving what harms Islam while outwardly pretending to support it. It highlights the danger of nurturing these qualities—even in small forms—because they can grow into full-fledged hypocrisy if left unchecked. The cure is sincerity, truthfulness, repentance, consistent worship, and guarding the heart from deceit so one lives with honesty and loyalty to Allah in both public and private.