Describing the Deceiver in Forbidden Matters as a Hypocrite
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for us to call a deceiver in forbidden matters a hypocrite, since he has the same characteristics?
Answer:
He is worse than a hypocrite. The hypocrite’s hypocrisy is known, so people are warned of him and avoid him. But this one deceives; he comes to us with the appearance of being truthful while he is a liar.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Is it permissible for us to call a deceiver in forbidden matters a hypocrite, since he has the same characteristics?
Answer:
He is worse than a hypocrite. The hypocrite’s hypocrisy is known, so people are warned of him and avoid him. But this one deceives; he comes to us with the appearance of being truthful while he is a liar.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل ومن مكايده التي كاد بها الإسلام وأهله : الحيل والمكر والخداع — islamhouse.com (57:38)
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