On Falsehood and Breach of Trust

While commenting on an almost identical Tradition, related on the authority of Abdullah bin Omar, we have, already, indicated, at length, what is actually meant by these acts or habits being the signs of a Hypocrite. These practices, as we said, bear a close relationship with Hypocrisy and a sincere Believer should stay clear of them. Whoever possesses these habits is a Hypocrite, if not in the sphere of faith, at least in the sphere of conduct. In another version of the same Tradition, reproduced in Sahih Muslim, it is added that though such a person may be observing Salah andSawm, and he may, also, be professing to be a Muslim, he is a Hypocrite, all the same, owing to these habits.