Hypocrisy is a disgraceful character

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Hypocrisy corrupts [one’s] faith

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    Faith is free of hypocrisy

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How repulsive is it for a human being to agree externally while being hypocritical internally

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How reprehensible it is for a human being to have a sick interior and a beautiful exterior

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How repulsive it is for a human being to be two-faced

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Beware of hypocrisy, for indeed the two-faced person is not eminent in the sight of Allah

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The example of the hypocrite is that of a colocynth, its leaves are green but its taste is bitter

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He (‘a) described the hypocrites thus: they are jealous of [those in] comfort, intensify [the] distress [of the distressed] and destroy hopes [of the hopeful]Their fallen victims are lying on every path, they have means to approach every heart and they have false tears for every [occasion of] grief

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

One who is unjust, his life is broken [and shortened].

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Hypocrisy is the twin of disbelief

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The hypocrisy of a person stems from the inferiority [and humiliation] he finds within himself

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Hypocrisy is from the andirons of ignominy

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Hypocrisy is founded on falsehood

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The hypocrite is sly, harmful and suspicious

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A hypocrite’s words are beautiful but his actions are a painful malady

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A hypocrite’s tongue pleases but his heart causes harm

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The tongue of a perfidious person is sweet but his heart is bitter

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The hypocrite is a shameless, foolish, wretched sycophant

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The hypocrite flatters himself but maligns others

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Be cautious of the hypocrites for indeed they are misguided and misguide others, they have erred and make others err, their hearts are diseased while their outward appearance looks pure

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The most obvious of hypocrite among the people is one who enjoins obedience [to Allah] but does not act upon it himself, and forbids sin but does not refrain from it himself

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The [person who is] most severe in his hypocrisy is one who enjoins obedience but does not act upon it himself, and forbids sin but does not refrain from it himself

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I fear for you from every eloquent speaker who is a hypocrite at heart, he says what you know [to be good] but does what you dislike [and know to be bad]

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

He (‘a) described the hypocrites thus: they are jealous of [those in] comfort, intensify [the] distress [of the distressed] and destroy hopes [of the hopeful]Their fallen victims are lying on every path, they have means to approach every heart and they have false tears for every [occasion of] grief

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The hypocrite is sceptical [and puts others in doubt]

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Every hypocrite is a sceptic [who puts doubts in the minds of the people]

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The gratitude of a hypocrite does not surpass his tongue

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The knowledge of a believer is [manifested] in his action

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It is the habit of hypocrites to change their character [depending on their circumstances]

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He (‘a) said about the hypocrites: They have indeed prepared for every truth a falsehood, and for every straight thing something crooked, and for every living thing a killer, and for every [closed] door a key, and for every night a lamp

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Excessive agreement is hypocrisy

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One whose hypocrisy abounds, his sincerity will not be recognized

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He (‘a) said about the one whom he reproached: His tongue is like honey but his heart is a prison for rancour

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The words of the one who shows off are beautiful, but in his heart there is an internal disease

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The piety of a hypocrite is not manifested but on his tongue

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Do not solicit this world by the work of the Hereafter and do not prefer the transient over the eternal, for this is the trait of the hypocrites and the character of the apostates

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Do not be one of those who hopes for the Hereafter without working [for it], and postpones repentance with long hopes; one who speaks in this world with the words of those who are indifferent [to its pleasures] but acts in it with the actions of the desirous

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Do not be one of those who hopes for the Hereafter without working [for it], and postpones repentance with long hopes; one who speaks in this world with the words of those who are indifferent [to its pleasures] but acts in it with the actions of the desirous

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

They walk stealthily and tread slowly, hiding behind treesTheir words are [like] a cure but their actions are incurable diseasesThey exchange praise [with each other] and come near each other through (or are careful of) rewardThey obtain what they covet by means of despairWhen they talk they create doubts, they dissemble in their speech and when they speak they delude (or distort)

Source : Ghurar Al-Hikam Wa Durar Al-Kalim, Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech