Hadith 119

Sahih Muslim

Book 1: The Book of Faith

Chapter 25

The characteristics of the hypocrite

باب بَيَانِ خِصَالِ الْمُنَافِقِ ‏‏

Sahih Muslim 59c
حَدَّثَنَا عُقْبَةُ بْنُ مُكْرَمٍ الْعَمِّيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ أَبُو زُكَيْرٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْعَلاَءَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، يُحَدِّثُ بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَقَالَ ‏ ‏ ‏.‏
"‏ آيَةُ الْمُنَافِقِ ثَلاَثٌ وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى وَزَعَمَ أَنَّهُ مُسْلِمٌ ‏"
'Uqba b. Mukarram al-'Ami reported that he heard 'Ala' b. 'Abdur-Rahman narrating this hadith with this chain of transmitters and he said:

Three are the signs of a hypocrite, even if he observed fast and prayed and asserted that he was a Muslim.