The difference between one whose integrity is unknown outwardly and inwardly? And what is the meaning of outward and inward?

The questioner : O Shaykh, what is the difference between one whose integrity is unknown outwardly and inwardly, and one whose identity is unknown? And what is the meaning of outward and inward?

The Shaykh : Inward means that it is completely hidden, and we have no evidence indicating what is in his inner self. For example, the believing man and the hypocrite: the hypocrite displays testimony, but his actions do not indicate to us what is in his inner self.