Foreword

There are four characteristics which together make a person a complete hypocrite. The taint of hypocrisy will attach to the trustee who breaks his trust, to the speaker who tells untruths, to the maker of promises who fails to keep them and to the man who uses foul language when in disagreement with others. This taint will remain unless the wrongdoer mends his ways. HADITH OF AL-BUKHARI AND MUSLIM ON THE AUTHORITY OF ‘ABDULLAH IBN ‘AMR IBN AL-’AS. 174 When three men travel together, they should make one of them their leader. HADITH OF ABU DAWUD ON THE AUTHORITY OF ABU SA’ID AL-KHUDRI.