It has become common among some enthusiastic youth that when a person makes a mistake, they declare him a hypocrite!

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. You mentioned that the hypocrites display Islam outwardly while concealing disbelief inwardly, and that revelation exposed them. So how do we rule on one who is described as a hypocrite in these days, where it has become common among some enthusiastic youth that when a person makes a mistake, they declare him a hypocrite because he differed from them in their methodology?

Answer:
This is what is permissible in ruling on people. A hypocrite is not one who merely disagrees with you; he may be the one who is right. If you call him a hypocrite because he made a mistake, you may be the one who is wrong, in which case you are the hypocrite. This kind of speech is not acceptable. It is not acceptable to describe people as hypocrites merely because of a difference of opinion. This is not permissible. Hypocrisy is of two types: doctrinal hypocrisy, which is displaying faith while concealing disbelief. The one who commits this is worse than the disbelievers, and that is why they became .
The second type is practical hypocrisy. In my opinion, this is a Muslim believer, but some actions of the hypocrites or their characteristics issue from him, so he has hypocrisy and he has faith. This is practical hypocrisy; its practitioner is a believer, but because he is characterized by some of the traits of the hypocrites, he has a trait of hypocrisy. It may overcome him, may Allah protect us from that, and destroy him, or he may be saved from it, repent to Allah, and leave it. Yes.