Combining the abandonment of a place of evil, mixing with people, and enduring their harm
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile not staying in a place where there is evil with the hadith of the one who mixes with people and endures their harm?
Answer:
He mixes with them for the sake of enjoining good and forbidding evil, my brother. He mixes with them for the sake of enjoining good and forbidding evil. He does not mix with them and remain silent, nor does he just get along with them. No, he mixes with them for the sake of advice and enjoining good and forbidding evil. This is better than the one who isolates himself. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, how do you reconcile not staying in a place where there is evil with the hadith of the one who mixes with people and endures their harm?
Answer:
He mixes with them for the sake of enjoining good and forbidding evil, my brother. He mixes with them for the sake of enjoining good and forbidding evil. He does not mix with them and remain silent, nor does he just get along with them. No, he mixes with them for the sake of advice and enjoining good and forbidding evil. This is better than the one who isolates himself. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 69 — youtube.com (58:50)
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