A: It is Wajib on every Muslim to fear Allah, worship Him Alone sincerely, and refrain from the acts of hypocrites do. Verily, using Din for achieving personal desires is a characteristic of hypocrites who only refer to Din hypocritically when they need it. Doing so is an impermissible Munkar (that which is unacceptable or disapproved of by Islamic law and Muslims of sound intellect) and hypocrites are worse than Kafirs (disbelievers) for Allah (Exalted be He) says:
Verily, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depth (grade) of the Fire
It is thus Wajib to abide by Din for sake of Din itself in order to obey Allah and His Messenger not to accomplish any vain purpose of the world. It is the characteristic of hypocrites that they abide by Din and support it only to look after their personal interests and fulfill their needs. When the hypocrites are then alone, they return to Kufr (disbelief), deviation, supporting the Kafirs. When the hypocrites fulfill their personal needs they reject Din, doing so is entirely against Din and such people are hypocrites who are worse than Kafirs (may Allah protect us from all). Allah (Exalted be He) says:
Verily, the hypocrites will be in the lowest depth (grade) of the Fire; no helper will you find for them.
Moreover, amongst the characteristics of the hypocrites is that which is illustrated by Allah (Glorified be He) in the Holy Qur'an:
Verily, the hypocrites seek to deceive Allâh, but it is He Who deceives them. And when they stand up for AsSalât (the prayer), they stand with laziness and to be seen of men, and they do not remember Allâh but little.
(They are) swaying between this and that, belonging neither to these nor to those
Swaying people are those who are confused. They sometimes take the side of the Muslims though at other times they take the side of the Kafirs. Such swaying people join Kafirs when they are the victorious ones and when they can benefit them and vice versa. Hypocrites thus are swaying. They neither have firmness on Din nor insight. They only join the victorious party to achieve their own interests. The hypocrites then do not have either a good goal nor firm `Aqidah (creed). May Allah save us from that!