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Riyad as-Salihin 1618

Chapter: Prohibition of Show-off

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Narrator:Abdullāh ibn ‘Umar

وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما أن ناسًا قالوا له‏:‏ إنا ندخل على سلاطيننا فنقول لهم بخلاف ما نتكلم إذا خرجنا من عندهم‏؟‏ قال ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما‏:‏ كنا نعد هذا نفاقًا على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏(‏‏(‏رواه البخاري‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

`Abdullah bin `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) said:

Some people told me, "We visit our rulers and we tell them things contrary to those which we say when we depart from them."

`Abdullah bin `Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) replied: "In the era of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) we considered this to be an act of hypocrisy."

[Al-Bukhari].

Cited in Riyad as-Salihin (No. 1618).

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When we enter upon our rulers, we say to them things contrary to what we say when we leave them. He said: We used to consider this hypocrisy during the Prophet's lifetime

Muhammad ibn Zayd reported that some people said to his grandfather ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them): When we enter upon our rulers, we say to them things contrary to what we say when we leave them. He said: "We used to consider this hypocrisy during the lifetime of the…

وعن محمد بن زيد أن ناسًا قالوا لجده عبد الله بن عمر رضي الله عنهما‏:‏ إنا ندخل على سلاطيننا فنقول لهم بخلاف ما نتكلم إذا خرجنا من عندهم‏.‏ قال‏:‏ كنا نعد هذا نفاقًا على عهد رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه…

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