Hadith 4873

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ , حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ ، عَنْ الرُّكَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ ، عَنْ نُعَيْمِ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ ، عَنْ عَمَّارٍ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَجْهَانِ فِي الدُّنْيَا كَانَ لَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ لِسَانَانِ مِنْ نَارٍ " .
Narrated Ammar: The Prophet ﷺ said: He who is two-faced in this world will have two tongues of fire on the Day of Resurrection.
Hadith Reference سنن ابي داود / كتاب الأدب / 4873
Hadith Grading الألبانی: صحيح  |  زبیر علی زئی: إسناده حسن, مشكوة المصابيح (4846), شريك القاضي صرح بالسماع عند ابن أبي الدنيا في كتاب الصمت (274)
Hadith Takhrij « تفرد بہ أبو داود، (تحفة الأشراف: 10369)، وقد أخرجہ: سنن الدارمی/الرقاق 51 (2806) (صحیح) »
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
Such people try to appear very wise in their own understanding and convince themselves that they are acting out of expediency, whereas in reality, these people are extremely cowardly and have fallen into a state of lowliness.
They are called opportunists and hypocrites. In the beginning of the Noble Qur’an, there are only two verses (, ) regarding the condemnation of the disbelievers, but there are thirteen verses mentioned regarding the condemnation of the expedient hypocrites.
See ( to ).
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4873