1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:03,399 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. 2 00:00:15,619 --> 00:00:18,620 The Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Musa Mosque 3 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:21,620 in al-Badi' presents 4 00:00:21,620 --> 00:00:24,620 Musk of the Discourse 5 00:00:24,620 --> 00:00:26,620 by Sheikh Usama Bahr, 6 00:00:26,620 --> 00:00:28,620 may Allah preserve him. 7 00:00:31,620 --> 00:00:34,619 Melting into the sweetest of feelings. 8 00:00:34,619 --> 00:00:37,619 Faces and masks. 9 00:00:37,619 --> 00:00:43,729 Hypocrisy has no colors or cosmetics, 10 00:00:43,729 --> 00:00:46,759 yet hypocrisy has its paths and methods, 11 00:00:46,759 --> 00:00:50,759 and all of that falls under the definition of hypocrisy. 12 00:00:50,759 --> 00:00:53,859 There is also another type of hypocrisy, 13 00:00:53,859 --> 00:00:56,859 which is the changing of faces. 14 00:00:56,859 --> 00:00:59,979 You may find a person you consider a close friend, 15 00:00:59,979 --> 00:01:01,979 while at the same time, 16 00:01:01,979 --> 00:01:04,980 you find him to be a malicious enemy. 17 00:01:04,980 --> 00:01:06,980 He comes to you with one face, 18 00:01:06,980 --> 00:01:09,980 while behind your back, he has another. 19 00:01:09,980 --> 00:01:13,049 It is as if his face has masks that he changes 20 00:01:13,049 --> 00:01:15,049 according to the circumstances and occasions. 21 00:01:15,049 --> 00:01:18,109 These are the two-faced people, 22 00:01:18,109 --> 00:01:20,109 and they are the worst of creation. 23 00:01:20,109 --> 00:01:24,140 The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: 24 00:01:24,140 --> 00:01:27,180 "You will find the worst of people to be the two-faced one, 25 00:01:27,180 --> 00:01:29,180 who comes to these with one face, 26 00:01:30,180 --> 00:01:32,340 and to those with another." 27 00:01:32,340 --> 00:01:34,340 Al-Qurtubi says: 28 00:01:34,340 --> 00:01:37,340 The two-faced person is the worst of people 29 00:01:37,340 --> 00:01:39,340 because his state is the state of a hypocrite, 30 00:01:39,340 --> 00:01:43,340 as he is a flatterer through falsehood and lies, 31 00:01:43,340 --> 00:01:46,340 a catalyst for corruption among people. 32 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:48,340 Al-Nawawi said: 33 00:01:48,340 --> 00:01:51,340 He is the one who approaches every group with what pleases them, 34 00:01:51,340 --> 00:01:54,340 showing them that he is one of them, 35 00:01:54,340 --> 00:01:56,340 and opposed to their rivals. 36 00:01:56,340 --> 00:02:00,400 His conduct is hypocrisy, pure lying, deception, and manipulation 37 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:03,400 regarding the secrets of both groups, 38 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,400 and it is a forbidden form of sycophancy. 39 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,530 In another hadith, 40 00:02:07,530 --> 00:02:10,530 the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says: 41 00:02:10,530 --> 00:02:14,530 "Indeed, the worst of people in status before Allah on the Day of Resurrection 42 00:02:14,530 --> 00:02:17,530 is the one whom people avoid to escape his evil," 43 00:02:17,530 --> 00:02:19,530 meaning, to escape his indecency. 44 00:02:19,530 --> 00:02:22,819 In this time, faces have appeared 45 00:02:22,819 --> 00:02:24,819 that have various masks, 46 00:02:24,819 --> 00:02:27,819 of all sizes and colors. 47 00:02:27,819 --> 00:02:29,819 This is a group of people 48 00:02:29,819 --> 00:02:31,819 who smile at you with one face, 49 00:02:31,819 --> 00:02:33,819 while they have another face, 50 00:02:33,819 --> 00:02:36,819 full of hatred and malice behind your back. 51 00:02:36,819 --> 00:02:39,819 How often we encounter these people at work, 52 00:02:39,819 --> 00:02:43,819 in forums, clubs, and public places. 53 00:02:43,819 --> 00:02:46,819 They have harmed some with their malice, 54 00:02:46,819 --> 00:02:50,819 and some of us have become unable to distinguish friend from foe, 55 00:02:51,819 --> 00:02:54,819 or perhaps we even trust our enemy more than them, 56 00:02:54,819 --> 00:02:57,819 because the enemy’s harm is manifest, 57 00:02:57,819 --> 00:02:59,819 whereas the two-faced person’s 58 00:02:59,819 --> 00:03:03,039 harm is hidden and concealed. 59 00:03:03,039 --> 00:03:06,039 So be wary of these people, 60 00:03:06,039 --> 00:03:09,039 for one of them may have a face before you, 61 00:03:09,039 --> 00:03:12,039 and a honeyed tongue with you, 62 00:03:12,039 --> 00:03:14,039 but he hides behind it 63 00:03:14,039 --> 00:03:17,069 the hatred and animosity he conceals. 64 00:03:17,069 --> 00:03:20,069 How well the poet said: 65 00:03:20,069 --> 00:03:23,069 There is no good in the affection of a two-faced person, 66 00:03:23,069 --> 00:03:26,069 whose tongue is sweet while his heart is ablaze. 67 00:03:26,069 --> 00:03:30,229 He meets you swearing that he trusts you, 68 00:03:30,229 --> 00:03:33,229 but when he turns away, he is a scorpion. 69 00:03:33,229 --> 00:03:37,300 He gives you sweetness from the tip of his tongue, 70 00:03:37,300 --> 00:03:40,300 and slips away from you as a fox slips away. 71 00:03:51,030 --> 00:03:54,030 The Most Merciful draws near, 72 00:03:54,030 --> 00:03:57,030 so that joy may embrace you. 73 00:03:57,030 --> 00:04:00,030 Attach your soul 74 00:04:00,030 --> 00:04:03,030 to your Lord and fill 75 00:04:03,030 --> 00:04:06,219 the surroundings with light. 76 00:04:06,219 --> 00:04:09,219 For whoever obeys the Almighty 77 00:04:09,219 --> 00:04:12,219 melts into the sweetest of feelings. 78 00:04:12,219 --> 00:04:15,509 Then darkness, 79 00:04:15,509 --> 00:04:18,540 then light, 80 00:04:18,540 --> 00:04:21,540 follows it. 81 00:04:21,540 --> 00:04:24,540 If Allah wills a thing, 82 00:04:24,540 --> 00:04:27,540 He says "Be," and it is, 83 00:04:27,540 --> 00:04:30,540 the biting reality.