Ibrāhīm al-Taymī said, "I did not express my opinion on my actions out of fear that I might be a liar." And Ibn Abū Mulaykah said: "I met thirty companions of the Prophet ﷺ, all of whom feared hypocrisy for themselves and none of them claimed to be firmly upon the faith of Jibrīl and Mīkāʾīl. It is mentioned that al-Ḥasan said, "None feared ⌜hypocrisy⌝ except a believer, and none felt safe from it except a hypocrite." And what is warned against is persisting in hypocrisy and disobedience without repenting, as Allah ﷻ says, "And they did not persist in what they were doing while they knew." (Āl ʿImrān 3:135)

وَقَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ التَّيْمِيُّ: مَا عَرَضْتُ قَوْلِي عَلَى عَمَلِي إِلاَّ خَشِيتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مُكَذَّبًا۔ وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ: أَدْرَكْتُ ثَلاَثِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كُلُّهُمْ يَخَافُ النِّفَاقَ عَلَى نَفْسِهِ، مَا مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ يَقُولُ إِنَّهُ عَلَى إِيمَانِ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ۔ وَيُذْكَرُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ مَا خَافَهُ إِلاَّ مُؤْمِنٌ، وَلاَ أَمِنَهُ إِلاَّ مُنَافِقٌ. وَمَا يُحْذَرُ مِنَ الإِصْرَارِ عَلَى النِّفَاقِ وَالْعِصْيَانِ مِنْ غَيْرِ تَوْبَةٍ لِقَوْلِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى: {وَلَمْ يُصِرُّوا عَلَى مَا فَعَلُوا وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ}