مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwiya
كتاب الفضائلBook of Virtues
Description of a two-faced person
Hadith 556
أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ عُمَارَةَ ، عَنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ جَرِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ ، عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:تَجِدُوْنَ النَّاسَ مَعَادِنَ فَخِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ خِيَارُهُمْ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ إِذَا فَقُهُوا وَتَجِدُوْنَ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ فِي هَذَا الشَّأْنِ أَشَدَّهُمْ لَهُ كَرَاهِيَةً وَتَجِدُوْنَ شَرَّ النَّاسِ ذّا الْوَجْهَيْنِ الَّذِي يَأْتِي هَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ وَهَؤُلَاءِ بِوَجْهٍ.
Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: "You will find people like mines (of gold and silver), so those who were the best in the time of ignorance will be the best in Islam, provided they acquire understanding of the religion. You will find the most suitable for this (leadership/government) to be the one who dislikes it the most among them, and you will find the worst among them to be the two-faced person, who comes to these people with one face and to those people with another face."
