Is it permissible to declare a person a practical hypocrite in all cases?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to describe some people in all cases as hypocrites, due to the presence of apparent characteristics, and I mean by that practical hypocrisy?
Answer:
One does not say so-and-so is a hypocrite, but one says so-and-so has hypocrisy in him, he has hypocrisy. And one does not say "hypocrite" except for the actual hypocrite. As for the Muslim, if a characteristic of the hypocrites occurs in him, it is said that he has hypocrisy.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to describe some people in all cases as hypocrites, due to the presence of apparent characteristics, and I mean by that practical hypocrisy?
Answer:
One does not say so-and-so is a hypocrite, but one says so-and-so has hypocrisy in him, he has hypocrisy. And one does not say "hypocrite" except for the actual hypocrite. As for the Muslim, if a characteristic of the hypocrites occurs in him, it is said that he has hypocrisy.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1348- 4717] هل يجوز الحكم على شخص بالنفاق العملي على الإطلاق؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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