Page 88 - The Profound Darkness of the Hypocrite

THE PROFOUND DARKNESS OF THE HYPOCRITE

Such undertakings of hypocrites continued with every Sultan who came

into power at the Ottomans. Hypocrites became close to Mehmed II the Conqueror,

Sultan Suleiman, and all the sons of the sultans and the court officials through such

insidious methods.

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In the first years of the spreading of Islam, hypocrites would visit our Prophet

(pbuh) frequently. They would sit around him and 'listen to his every word with

scrupulous attention and want to follow him wherever he went'. If they had to
give a reason, they would put forward their love for the Prophet (pbuh). However,
it was quite blatant from their foul and hateful gazes which they could not help;

from their insolent, dishonorable, arrogant and gruff tones; from their vile morality

that in reality they did not feel such love towards the Prophet (pbuh). As God
informs us in the Qur'an saying "... [they] would almost strike you down with
their evil looks" (Surat al-Qalam, 51), they harbored a tremendous hatred towards
our Prophet (pbuh). However, in spite of this, using their 'so-called love' as an

excuse, they came to every occasion the Prophet (pbuh) was present. And then,

they provided all the information they had obtained to the Meccan pagans and

other groups that were against our Prophet (pbuh) in hopes of deriving personal
interest in return. Just as our Prophet (pbuh) had a lot of admirers in that era, he
also had a wide range of enemies among the Christians, and the Jews. Thus, it was

of vital importance for these groups to be able to get close to the Prophet (pbuh)
and gather intelligence.

To that end, they would stay and sit with our Prophet (pbuh) late into the
night. When they wanted to leave, again they would do so sneakily and covertly.

When they visited the places our Prophet (pbuh) held conversations, 'they would

enter sneakily just like a snake, and when they left, they would do so with the

same sneaky method' without anyone noticing. And during the conversations,

they would hide behind the crowd 'by taking cover behind others'. They would
specifically either sit behind the Prophet (pbuh), or in places out of his sight

where they would believe the Prophet (pbuh) could not notice them. Thus, unless
paid particular attention to, 'no one would be aware of their presence, or notice
them enter or leave'. Since these conversations could get quite crowded, it would
be hard for both our Prophet (pbuh) and his companions to individually keep track
of all these hypocritical people.
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