Enjoining good and forbidding evil: between a collective obligation and the pillars of Islam
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Question:
You said (may Allah preserve you) that enjoining good and forbidding evil is a collective obligation, and there are those who say that enjoining good and forbidding evil is a sixth pillar of the pillars of Islam. It is well known that all the pillars of Islam are individual obligations, so how is this to be understood?
Answer:
Whoever says that all the pillars of Islam are individual obligations, according to the view that it is a pillar, it is a pillar of collective obligation. A pillar of collective obligation, if those who suffice perform it, the sin falls off the rest. Yes.
You said (may Allah preserve you) that enjoining good and forbidding evil is a collective obligation, and there are those who say that enjoining good and forbidding evil is a sixth pillar of the pillars of Islam. It is well known that all the pillars of Islam are individual obligations, so how is this to be understood?
Answer:
Whoever says that all the pillars of Islam are individual obligations, according to the view that it is a pillar, it is a pillar of collective obligation. A pillar of collective obligation, if those who suffice perform it, the sin falls off the rest. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 35 من 36/شرح العقيدة الواسطية (مع الأسئلة)/الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة — youtube.com (52:57)
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