عن عبدِ الله بنِ عمرٍورضي الله عنه عن النبيِّ ﷺ، قال:«أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا، وَمَنْ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنْهُنَّ كَانَتْ فِيهِ خَصْلَةٌ مِنَ النِّفَاقِ حَتَّى يَدَعَهَا:إِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ،وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ،وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ» متفق عليه
‘Abdullāh ibn ‘Amr narrated that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
1. Four qualities: whoever combines them is a total hypocrite, and whoever has one of them has a quality of hypocrisy unless he abandons it: 2. when he is placed in trust, he betrays; 3. when he speaks, he lies; 4. when he gives a pledge, he is treacherous; 5. and when he quarrels, he resorts to falsehood.
Abu Muhammad – or as some reports put it Abu‘Abd al-Raḥmān –‘Abdullāh ibn ꜤAmr ibn al-‘Āṣ ibn Wāʼil belonged to the Sahm branch of the Quraysh tribe. He learnt writing before the days of Islam, and he mastered the Syriac language. He embraced Islam long before his father. He used to fast often and spend much of his nights in voluntary worship. He died in Year 65 AH 685 CE.
