Some characteristics that cause a person to dislike his brother may not be apparent

The questioner : Some characteristics that cause a person to dislike his brother may not be apparent. So, for example, if this brother rebukes his brother for these characteristics, the other may respond with something that denies these characteristics of him, such as saying to him, "You are a hypocrite," or the like. How should one act in this case?

The Shaykh : If it is a matter prescribed by the Shari'ah and he dislikes it for a reason prescribed by the Shari'ah, he must point it out, unless this prescribed matter is one in which independent legal reasoning (ijtihad) is applied and he differed with him because of his ijtihad; in that case, there is no basis for dislike, and one is not to be disliked for this thing. ... matters ... you do not know, because the place of showing off (riya') is the heart, and it is not permissible to accuse anyone of being a hypocrite, because accusing a believer of showing off is a trait of the hypocrites. The hypocrite slanders: if the rich man gives a lot, he says, "This is a hypocrite," and if he brings a little, he says, "This is a miser." So they slander those who give voluntarily and they slander those who find nothing but their own effort. And the matter of intentions, my brothers, is not a light matter; that is, it is not permissible to judge that a person intended something prohibited because it occurred to him. And I have said more than once that we are exposed to a case? The case of Usamah ibn Zayd when he caught up with the disbeliever with his sword. When he reached him, the disbeliever said, "There is no god but Allah". So Usamah thought he said it as a plea for safety, just as we also think. So he struck him with the sword and killed him. Then he informed the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) of that. He said: "Did you kill him after he said, 'There is no god but Allah'?" He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah, but he said it as a plea for safety." Then he kept repeating, "Did you kill him after he said, 'There is no god but Allah'?" while he was saying, "He said it as a plea for safety." He said: "What will you do with 'There is no god but Allah' when it comes on the Day of Resurrection?" Even though the apparent situation was that he said it as a plea for safety, because the man was perishing. If he had been sincere ... he would have stopped and said, "There is no god but Allah" from the beginning. And with that, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rebuked Usamah until Usamah said: "I wished that I had not become a Muslim yet," meaning he wished that he had killed him while he was a disbeliever, so that when he repented from disbelief, what had passed before would be forgiven for him.