Does one who frequently engages in dhikr and has good deeds in secret escape from hypocrisy?
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Shaykh, does one who frequently remembers Allah and has a generous share of secret deeds escape from hypocrisy?
Answer:
Yes, that is hoped for him; because the sign of the hypocrites is that they do not remember Allah except a little, as in the Qur'an[An-Nisa 4:142]. So the believer remembers Allah the Exalted frequently through saying Allahu Akbar, glorifying Him, and magnifying Him, and other types of dhikr (remembrance of Allah), [Al-Ahzab 33:35] [Al-Anfal 8:45] remembering Allah much [Al-Anfal 8:45]. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: Shaykh, does one who frequently remembers Allah and has a generous share of secret deeds escape from hypocrisy?
Answer:
Yes, that is hoped for him; because the sign of the hypocrites is that they do not remember Allah except a little, as in the Qur'an
showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering Allah except a little,
يُرَاءُونَ النَّاسَ وَلَا يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًاand the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so
وَالذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِO you who have believed, when
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِذَاremember Allah much that you may be successful.
وَاذْكُرُوا اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 7783- هل يسلم من النفاق من يكثر الذكر وله أعمال صالحة في السر؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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