The ruling on describing one who did not go on a military expedition or did not even think about going on one as having a branch of hypocrisy

The questioner : Yes. One who did not care about going on a military expedition and did not go, but it did not even cross his mind, does not fall into this category.

The Shaykh : If we make the term "military expedition" general for everything, including the struggle against the self and even knowledge, then one must have a branch of hypocrisy in his heart. This is the subject of books whose titles are: "Everything called a military expedition," even though its apparent meaning is an expedition against the disbelievers. This may not occur to the mind, especially during times of quiet. Jihad does not come to mind, but during times of movements it does come to mind, as in these days with the Christians and with the Jews.