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THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

The hypocrites at the time of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) also felt extremely
uncomfortable with this 'exchange of information and intelligence flow', as is
typical to all the hypocrites that lived throughout the history. In the Qur'an, we are
informed that the hypocrites adopted their typical hypocrite tone and attempted to
slander our Prophet (pbuh) with the words "he is an ear:"

Among them are some who insult the Prophet, saying he is only an ear. Say,

"An ear of good for you, believing in God and believing in the believers,

and a mercy for those among you who have faith." As for those who insult

the Messenger of God, they will have a painful punishment. (Surat at-Tawba,

61)

Hypocrites felt extremely disturbed in the face of the fact that the Prophet

(pbuh) was informed by believers of the incidents and talks they witnessed. However,

as our Lord reveals in the verse, our Prophet (pbuh) was 'an ear of good' and this

was 'a mercy for believers'. In another verse, God stresses the importance of

believers informing the Prophet (pbuh) anything of significance. God reminds that

prophets, messengers and those that have authority can 'discern the truth' and

make the best conclusions with this information:

When news of any matter reaches them they spread it about, whether it is

of a reassuring or disquieting nature. If they had only referred it to the

Messenger and those in command among them, those among them able to
discern the truth about it would have had proper knowledge. If it were not
for God's favor to you and His mercy, all but a very few of you would have
followed satan. (Surat an-Nisa', 83)

These verses make it quite clear that when Muslims 'witness an incident, a
speech, or information that could be significant, they should refer it to our
Prophet (pbuh) or those in command among them'. When this is done, these
people are able to assess this intelligence and information in the best way possible
as they possess the necessary experience, insight, wisdom and understanding to
draw the best conclusion.
However, it deeply upsets the hypocrites that Muslims have this system of
intelligence and information flow. They get especially upset and nervous when
Muslims refer this information to the individual who can draw the best conclu-
sion. This puts him in a state of fear and panic.
Muslims, on the other hand, do not feel uncomfortable at all with this infor-
mation flow. Their lives are already 'open, transparent and clean' and they spend
every minute of their lives in fear of God. Even when they are completely alone,
they know that God sees them and that they will be questioned about each and

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