Hypocrisy and Hypocrites /A Study of the Qur'an and Sunnah

Today, our nation suffers from many different calamities. All these calamities happen mainly because of the hypocrisy which contributed to the spread and increase of them. This study aimed to shed light on the issue of hypocrisy and hypocrites and how it leads our nation to the corruption and destruction. It also aimed to show the probable dangers that we may face in the future by detecting the attributes of the hypocrites and their means through the verses of the Qur'an and the Hadith to elicit a lesson and wisdom in the face of hypocrisy in the current era. The study revealed attributes of the hypocrites in the Prophet's era, and their methods in the fight against the Islamic Dawa. The study showed the Prophet's wise approach in dealing with this dangerous phenomenon. It also showed the risk of hypocrisy in the current era. The study relied on the inductive approach in the first part in order to collect scientific material. It also depended on the analytical approach in the second part for the analysis of scientific material and extract lessons and results. One of the important findings of this study is that hypocrisy does not come out in the idiomatic meaning one way or another for linguistic meaning. Hypocrisy phenomenon was prominent in the civil Testament prophetic, but it was not in Mecca Covenant due to the lack of reasons for its inception. Hypocrisy had many forms and methods and covered all aspects of life. The danger of hypocrisy appeared at critical positions of the nation, as happened in 'Ohod and al-Khandaq battles. As Muslims, we must fight all forms of hypocrisy so that we can regain our glory and our booming past. This study includes an introduction and six chapters and a conclusion. The introduction has the previous studies, the importance of the study, assumptions and the objectives that will be achieved. It also describes the approach presented in the study and the reasons behind choosing the subject. For the following six chapters, they presented the study. They also revealed the meaning of hypocrisy in language and terminology and its significance in the Quran and the Sunnah in the first chapter of the study. The second chapter talks about the attributes of the hypocrites. The third chapter discusses their means and the effects of their actions in Madinah. Then, in the 4th and 5th chapter, it was revealed the prophet's methods in dealing with them. In the last chapter, the study shows the reality of hypocrisy in the current era and its forms. At the end of the study, it has the results, solutions and some questions. The study relied on a range of sources and references, comes in the forefront language books and Hadith and interpretation.