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Is it permissible for a person to enjoin good and forbid evil if he has violations?

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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible for a person to forbid an evil that he himself commits, or to enjoin a good that he does not do? And Allah the Exalted says:
O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do?يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ
[As-Saf 61:2]


Answer:
Yes, a person should enjoin upon people what he enjoins upon himself and forbid them what he forbids himself. But if it happens that a person has violations, or some violations, he repents from them, but he does not leave off enjoining good and forbidding evil, even if he has some of the violations. Because if only one who is free from all violations were to enjoin good and forbid evil, no one would enjoin and no one would forbid. There is no one who is free; there is no one who is free. We seek Allah's forgiveness for our shortcomings and for the violations. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3379- 4717] هل يجوز لأحد أن يأمر بالمعروف وينهى عن المنكر إذا كان عنده مخالفات؟ -الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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