Hypocrisy is a physical disease too in so far as the hypocrite is always shuddering4for fear of being exposed | It was recorded in the Sahih that the Prophet said, But why, we may ask, do these hypocrites resort to such behaviour? According to these verses, the hypocrites would meet with a grievous punishment for having told lies |
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In it the Prophet gave him the names of fourteen hypocrites during the battle of Tabuk | This is an indication that basically this nefarious habit was their real crime, which gradually led them to hypocrisy and disbelief |
Accursed, they shall be seized wherever found, and killed with a terrible slaughter 33:60-61.
7No wonder that all this tension should express itself in physical ailment | Rather, the Prophet was only informed about their characteristics, and he used to assume that some people possessed these characteristics |
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Yet, when Ibn Salul died, the Prophet performed the funeral prayer for him and attended his funeral just as he used to do with other Muslims | These Ayat prove that the Prophet was not informed about each and everyone among the hypocrites of his time |
These hypocrites plotted to assassinate the Prophet during the night on a hill in that area.