أَرْبَعٌ مَنْ كُنَّ فِيهِ كَانَ مُنَافِقًا خَالِصًا ... إِذَا اؤْتُمِنَ خَانَ، وَإِذَا حَدَّثَ كَذَبَ، وَإِذَا عَاهَدَ غَدَرَ، وَإِذَا خَاصَمَ فَجَرَ
A prophetic report sternly warns against four traits: betraying a trust, lying when speaking, breaking a covenant and transgressing when disputing.
These four failures damage confidence and fairness in human dealings. Betrayal violates an entrusted duty; lying corrupts a report; treachery violates a commitment; and transgression in dispute abandons the limits of truth and justice when conflict becomes heated.
The hadith is a severe warning against such conduct. In a lesson on behavioral hypocrisy, it must be read without erasing the previously established distinction between a condemnable moral trait and a proven state of hidden doctrinal unbelief.