The ruling on one who displays obedience while harboring disobedience in his heart

Question:
I ask Allah to do you good. Your Eminence, father, the questioner says: If a person displays obedience, believing in it and being eager for it, but in secret he commits sins, is he called a hypocrite?

Answer:
He is not called a hypocrite; he is called a sinner. There are sins that are among the characteristics of the hypocrites: if he speaks, he lies; if he makes a promise, he breaks it; if he is entrusted, he betrays; and if he makes a covenant, he treacherously breaks it. If he possesses any of these traits, then he has hypocrisy in him, for these are the characteristics of the hypocrites. As for the other sins, they are called sins and are not called hypocrisy. They are sins in which Satan and desire cause a person to fall, and then he repents to Allah the Exalted. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you

Question:
Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Faith is speech and action.

Answer:
When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was brought a man who had drunk intoxicants and he was flogged, some of the Companions said, “May Allah curse him; how often he is brought to us!” He said, “Do not curse him. Do you not know that he loves Allah and His Messenger? A person may love Allah and His Messenger, yet fall into sin due to desire or bad company. This does not negate that he is a believer in Allah and His Messenger.” Yes.