Tajdeed

The Section on Describing Hypocrisy and the Evidence that Every Disobedient Person is a Hypocrite

Answered by Imam Nasir al-Utroush – Zaydi Imam

Bismillah

“Know, may Allāh guide you that whoever disobeys Allāh with a major sin, and insists upon that then his doing so is indicative of his lack of certainty regarding the promise of Allāh, and disregard towards what He has forbidden. They are upon doubt regarding paradise, and hellfire, and of what they are being called to suspicious. This is because the hearts, bodies, and intellects are designed to be cautious of aches, and pains, to the extent that if a human falls ill, or carries a fever it is said to him: Be cautious and forsake food, drink, and intercourse.

Those are the delights of the world, he is willing to struggle in hunger, and thirst; forsaking all his desires out of precaution that his aches may increase, or persist – hoping for good health. These are the desires of the world which the desirer may desire, and for it is what follows of the afterlife, the severing of ties; changing one’s circumstances to what is worse.
One worships their unjust master through obedience towards him, out of fear from him, of the possibility of being imprisoned for two days, or taxed ten dirhams. Out of fear of being toiled with exile, having his face turned away from him, or severe concealment. Or, having a desire for a particular matter, and fearing that it may pass him, leaving the worship of his Lord.
If these people believed in paradise, hellfire, and what Allāh promised the righteous, and
rebellious; acknowledging the saying of Allāh (the Glorious): {Whenever their skin is burnt
completely, We will replace it so they will ˹constantly˺ taste the punishment. Indeed, Allāh
is Almighty, All-Wise} [4:56].

Mighty in His overtaking, and punishing His enemies, Wise in His providence, ensuring that His promise, and threat is established. They wouldn’t have willingly disobeyed Him, nor insisted upon what He disliked, taking lightly His sanctful limitations. And from Allāh we seek aid.
He informed that there is no faith for the one who does not have certainty, and there is no
certainty for the one who insists upon disobedience from His creation (the Glorious): {ʿAlīf,
Lām, Meem [1] This is the Book about which there is no doubt} [2:1-2]. Until His saying:
{And it is those who are the successful} [2:5].

The only reason that people insist upon
committing sins is due to their lack of certainty, as for what is apparent from them, of testifying the two testimonies, fasting, and praying is that it is merely a matter which they have grown accustomed to. That which they may preserve their blood with, and even what they brought forth with that, it is not brought forth truthfully except for few – those who held to Allāh, and feared Him”.

Reference: ‘Al-Bisat’ – By Imam Nasir al-Utroush – Translated by Muhammed al-Sharifi

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It is rationally inconceivable for a true believer in the ghayb (realm of unseen), such as believing in God, the day of accountability to be a rebellious evil-doer & grave sinner. Te reason for this is because Almighty God in His Book, the Qur’an has clarified with certainty that things such as associating partners with God, taking the property of the weak, committing adultery, stealing, lying and killing the innocent are vile actions that are deserving of punishment in the Hereafter.

The question arises, how can a true faithful Muslim (Mu’min) believe in God, His Messengers, His Divinely revealed Books, His True Word/Promise, and the coming of a Day of Judgement and then continuously rebel against God, His Decree/Verdict and then violate the Revealed Law (Shari’a)?

This is the very reason why the early Imams of Ahlulbayt (Zaydi Shi’a), the Ahl al-‘Adl wal Tawhid (Mu’tazila), & the Ibadiyya upheld the idea of an ‘Intermediate Position’ for the Grave Sinner/Evil-Doer (Al-Manzila bayn al-Manzilatyan). It is important to note that mainstream Sunni and Twelver Shi’a have not accepted this position.

What al-Manzila bayn al-Manzilatayn means is that if an individual outwardly professes faith, but instead of acting upon goodness, the individual violates Divine law through their vile actions then they enter the state/position of fisq (disobedience/evil/grave sin). Even if they claim to be a Muslim (submitter to God), they enter into fisq

They are neither a complete Disbeliever due to affirming the essential tenants of faith, but they are also not a believer due to rebelling against the decree and blessings of God.

A believer needs to love, & submit to God due to Him being the Ultimate Creator, the Lord of the Universe who gave life & blessing to everything that came into existence.

In contrast to this, the fasiq hypocritically claims to have faith, but commits evil sin despite God promising a punishment for vile actions, and this conclusively shows that Faith hasn’t truly entered the heart. Instead, the fasiqin have merely claimed to submit to God via speech.

By Abul Hasan al-Gabikani al-Shadi al-Shaddadi al-Hadhabani -al-Kurdi