Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu ‘ala rasulullaah
Amma ba’d
Hypocrisy in Belief!
Hypocrisy with respect to beliefs is of six types. Aoodhubillaah! These six types of Hypocrisy in belief (which is the more dangerous type of hypocrisy than the hypocrisy in action) can be found in Shaikh Al-Albanee’s highly beneficial book Tawheed First, O Callers to Islaam
quote:
Nifaaq in belief is of six types:
[1] Denying belief in the Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam).
[2] Denying part of what the Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) came with.
[3] Hating the Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam).
[4] Hating part of what the Messenger (salallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) came with.
[5] Pleasure in decline and diminishing of the Messenger’s (salallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) Deen (religion), and
[6] Displeasure in victory and triumph for the Messenger’s (salallaahu ‘alaihi wasallam) Deen (religion).
Source: Tawheed First, O Callers to Islaam, pg. 81 (English version, First Edition)
As student of knowledge Moosa Richardson (hafidhahullaah) confirmed in a Private Message:
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Any one of the [above six types] is major Nifaaq [Hypocrisy] – disbelief outside of the religion – and thus the Munaafiqeen (hypocrites) are in the lowest parts of the Fire.
Ibnul Qayyim –(rahimahullaah) – said, "Deeds without sincerity are like a traveler who carries in his water-jug dirt. The carrying of it burdens him and it brings no benefit."
Ibn Mas'ud –(radiyallaahu 'anhu) – would advise his students, "If your intention is one of these three, do not seek knowledge: To shame the ignorant, or to argue with the Fuqahaa' (scholars), or to cause people to turn their faces in your direction. Intend with your actions and words that which is with Allaah, for indeed that which is with Allaah shall remain and everything else shall perish."
The manhaj (methodology) of the Salaf is to adhere to the Qur'aan and the authentic Sunnah as understood by the Salaf as-Saalih.
The word Salaf is a shortened version of the word 'Salaf as-Saalih', which means the 'Righteous Predecessors'.
It refers specifically to the first three generations of Islaam in which the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) described as being the best generations of Muslims. The first, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and his Sahaabah (companions). The second, the Taabi'een (the followers of the companions). The third, the Tabaa'at-Taabi'een (the followers of the followers of the companions).
Generally, this term refers to all those pious predecessors who followed the way of the Salaf and who have preceded us in time. This is the true manhaj of Ahl as-Sunnah wa al-Jamaa'ah.