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Musk Al-Khattab | Episode (13) | Faces and masks
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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The Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz al-Musa Mosque
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in al-Badi' presents
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Musk of the Discourse
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by Sheikh Usama Bahr,
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may Allah preserve him.
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Melting into the sweetest of feelings.
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Faces and masks.
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Hypocrisy has no colors or cosmetics,
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yet hypocrisy has its paths and methods,
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and all of that falls under the definition of hypocrisy.
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There is also another type of hypocrisy,
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which is the changing of faces.
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You may find a person you consider a close friend,
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while at the same time,
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you find him to be a malicious enemy.
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He comes to you with one face,
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while behind your back, he has another.
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It is as if his face has masks that he changes
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according to the circumstances and occasions.
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These are the two-faced people,
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and they are the worst of creation.
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The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:
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"You will find the worst of people to be the two-faced one,
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who comes to these with one face,
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and to those with another."
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Al-Qurtubi says:
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The two-faced person is the worst of people
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because his state is the state of a hypocrite,
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as he is a flatterer through falsehood and lies,
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a catalyst for corruption among people.
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Al-Nawawi said:
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He is the one who approaches every group with what pleases them,
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showing them that he is one of them,
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and opposed to their rivals.
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His conduct is hypocrisy, pure lying, deception, and manipulation
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regarding the secrets of both groups,
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and it is a forbidden form of sycophancy.
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In another hadith,
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the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, says:
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"Indeed, the worst of people in status before Allah on the Day of Resurrection
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is the one whom people avoid to escape his evil,"
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meaning, to escape his indecency.
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In this time, faces have appeared
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that have various masks,
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of all sizes and colors.
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This is a group of people
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who smile at you with one face,
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while they have another face,
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full of hatred and malice behind your back.
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How often we encounter these people at work,
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in forums, clubs, and public places.
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They have harmed some with their malice,
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and some of us have become unable to distinguish friend from foe,
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or perhaps we even trust our enemy more than them,
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because the enemy’s harm is manifest,
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whereas the two-faced person’s
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harm is hidden and concealed.
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So be wary of these people,
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for one of them may have a face before you,
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and a honeyed tongue with you,
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but he hides behind it
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the hatred and animosity he conceals.
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How well the poet said:
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There is no good in the affection of a two-faced person,
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whose tongue is sweet while his heart is ablaze.
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He meets you swearing that he trusts you,
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but when he turns away, he is a scorpion.
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He gives you sweetness from the tip of his tongue,
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and slips away from you as a fox slips away.
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The Most Merciful draws near,
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so that joy may embrace you.
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Attach your soul
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to your Lord and fill
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the surroundings with light.
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For whoever obeys the Almighty
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melts into the sweetest of feelings.
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Then darkness,
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then light,
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follows it.
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If Allah wills a thing,
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He says "Be," and it is,
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the biting reality.