Priority in Forbidding What Is Wrong

Question:
Or the Shaykh may make a mistake in monitoring; one might see a person in situations where there is more than one instance, and more than one error, and the person does not have any beautiful intention behind it, so they will not find a group on the day of insistence who are poets or friends speaking of this, and perhaps he cannot leave the gathering or they are stubborn.

Answer:
The work begins with the most important, then the most important; it begins with the most dangerous of sins, such as shirk (associating partners with Allah), or speaking about the rulers, because this is more dangerous than backbiting about individuals, because speaking about the rulers causes chaos and fills hearts with hatred toward the rulers, and in the end, rebellion against the rulers occurs in this way.
As Ibn Saba did, may Allah curse him, when he started speaking about 'Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), until the matter reached the point where the Caliph of the Muslims, 'Uthman ibn 'Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), was killed. So the one who sees these matters should start with the most dangerous of them. Spreading this is more dangerous than shaving the beard, and more dangerous than isbal (letting a garment hang below the ankles). He forbids this matter because if it spreads, shirk (associating partners with Allah) will spread, and it is feared that in the end, matters will lead to the destruction of the nation.