What actions constitute hypocrisy in Islam?
What actions constitute hypocrisy? What actions constitute hypocrisy? Answer Hypocrisy is loosely defined as putting up a false appearance. In matters of faith, it describes the sort of actions that are associated with pretending to accept the faith of Islam when a person actually does not. He does so in order to win favor with Muslims and to try to be accepted as one of them. At the time of the Prophet, peace be upon him, there were people in Madinah who claimed to be Muslims when in actual fact they were not. Allah describes these people at the opening of the Surah entitled "The Hypocrites" in the following terms: "When the hypocrites come to you, they say: we bear witness that you are truly Allah's messenger. Allah certainly knows that you are truly His messenger, but Allah bears witness that the hypocrites are indeed liars." [the Hypocrites — “Al-Munafiqun” 63: 1] Since hypocrisy is all about pretense, it is very difficult to define who is a hypocrite. How...