The meaning of possessing a trait of hypocrisy in one who exhibits the characteristics of the hypocrites
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the hadiths that were transmitted explaining the characteristics of the hypocrites, such as lying, betrayal, and breaking promises. Do the hadiths that were transmitted explaining the characteristics of the hypocrites, such as lying, betrayal, and breaking promises, mean that whoever does them, even a little, has a trait of hypocrisy in him? Or is the meaning that it is one for whom it is a disposition and a habit?
Answer:
Whoever does them has a trait of hypocrisy in him until he abandons them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "until he abandons them." If he abandons them, he is free from it. But if he does them and does not abandon them, he has traits of the traits of hypocrisy in him.
Honorable Shaykh, the hadiths that were transmitted explaining the characteristics of the hypocrites, such as lying, betrayal, and breaking promises. Do the hadiths that were transmitted explaining the characteristics of the hypocrites, such as lying, betrayal, and breaking promises, mean that whoever does them, even a little, has a trait of hypocrisy in him? Or is the meaning that it is one for whom it is a disposition and a habit?
Answer:
Whoever does them has a trait of hypocrisy in him until he abandons them. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "until he abandons them." If he abandons them, he is free from it. But if he does them and does not abandon them, he has traits of the traits of hypocrisy in him.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب الرهب من مساوئ الأخلاق — islamhouse.com (1:12:38)
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