The Sufficient (Vol 2) · Hadith 1413 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ وَالْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) أَسْأَلُهُ عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ إِنَّ الْمُنافِقِينَ يُخادِعُونَ الله وَهُوَ خادِعُهُمْ وَإِذا قامُوا إِلَى الصَّلاةِ قامُوا كُسالى يُراؤُنَ النَّاسَ وَلا يَذْكُرُونَ الله إِلا قَلِيلاً مُذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذلِكَ لا إِلى هؤُلاءِ وَلا إِلى هؤُلاءِ وَمَنْ يُضْلِلِ الله فَلَنْ تَجِدَ لَهُ سَبِيلاً لَيْسُوا مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ وَلَيْسُوا مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَيْسُوا مِنَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ يُظْهِرُونَ الإيمَانَ وَيَصِيرُونَ إِلَى الْكُفْرِ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ لَعَنَهُمُ الله.

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from al-Husayn ibn Ishaq from Ali ibn Mahziyar from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Hamid and al-Husayn ibn Sa’id all from Muhammad ibn al-Fudayl who has said the following: “Once I wrote to abu al-Hassan asking him a question and he wrote back to me, ‘The hypocrites try to deceive Allah, but He, in fact, deceives them. They stand up in prayer lazily just to show that they pray, but, in truth, they remember Allah very little. (4:142) “They are hesitant people belonging to neither side. You can find no other way for one whom Allah has caused to go astray.’ (4: 143) They are not of the unbelievers, or of the believers or of the Muslims. They claim to be of belief. They change to disbelief and denial. May Allah condemn them all.’”

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