We begin by praising Allah, subhanna and bearing witness that none has the right to be worshipped or unconditionally obeyed except for him.

And we bear witness that Muhammad, Sallallah a a alexand is his final messenger.

We ask Allah to send his peace and blessings upon him, the prophets and messengers that came before him,

his family and companions that served alongside him, and those that follow in his blessed path until the day of judgment,

and we ask Allah to make us amongst them.

Allah ameem.

Dear brothers and sisters, there's a famous hadith that is often quoted in the capacity

of exploring the many dimensions of hypocrisy.

May Allah, subhanna, what, so protect us all from it.

Allah, ameem.

And as we come up to the anniversary of October 7th, where we expect to see an even greater outpouring of hypocrisy

than what we have become accustomed to seeing over the last year,

I felt like it was important to explore one particular dimension

that the scholars have reflected on this hadith with. The Hadith is the famous hadith where the Prophet,

Sallulah a a lao-a-a-slam said,

Ayatul Munafiqi Thalath. That the signs of a hypocrite are three.

If had datha, kath. When they speak, they lie.

And when they make a promise, they break it. And if they are entrusted with something, they violate that trust.

And in one narration, a fourth trait is added, which is when they get into an argument, they transgress the bounds of that argument.

There are many dimensions of this hadith that we have explored from the Minber and in multiple classes.

But there is one dimension that some of the scholars speak of, which is particularly relevant to the context that we are in today.

That if you read this Hadith, every category

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