What is your opinion of the one who says that the Companions had practical hypocrisy, and cites as evidence the hadith: (I was about to order that the prayer be established...)?
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The questioner : The one who says that the Companions had practical hypocrisy, and cites as evidence the hadith: and said: Is this practical hypocrisy among the Companions?
The Shaykh : Does not the Qur'an explicitly state that there were apostates in Madinah who persisted in hypocrisy?
The questioner : Shaykh, are they Companions or hypocrites?
The Shaykh : What would they be?
The questioner : I am asking this, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : He is a Companion, but on the surface he is a Companion, while in his heart he is a hypocrite.
The questioner : Shaykh, this book contains praise for Abu Ghuddah, O Shaykh, perhaps you should pay attention to that.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. Now, please, everyone, leave.
I was about to order that the prayer be established
هممت أن آمر أن تقام الصلاةagainst men who lagged behind, and I would have burned their houses over them
على رجال يتخلفون فأحرق عليهم بيوتهمThe Shaykh : Does not the Qur'an explicitly state that there were apostates in Madinah who persisted in hypocrisy?
The questioner : Shaykh, are they Companions or hypocrites?
The Shaykh : What would they be?
The questioner : I am asking this, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : He is a Companion, but on the surface he is a Companion, while in his heart he is a hypocrite.
The questioner : Shaykh, this book contains praise for Abu Ghuddah, O Shaykh, perhaps you should pay attention to that.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you with good. Now, please, everyone, leave.