The ruling on warning against evil in public if people do not stop except by that

The questioner : Shaykh, may Allah reward you. I say, may Allah reward you. Sometimes in some countries, it is observed that if evils are not addressed in public, they do not change. For example, if people were warned, for instance, about banks.

The Shaykh : Hm? If people were warned, for example, on the minbars about banks, perhaps the general citizens and Muslims would abandon them. This is fine; this does not concern the one in authority.

The questioner : But the one in authority does not permit you to warn against banks.

The Shaykh : No, no. The one in authority does not say, "Do not speak about banks." No, rather, the bank is announced on the minbar, in the mihrab, in the coffee shop, and in every place that riba (usury or interest) is forbidden. There is nothing...

The questioner : So that there is no issue here where there is no door for judgment, saying this is announced and this is not announced.

The Shaykh : No, we say: leave what concerns the one in authority to him; leave it between you and the one in authority. And what concerns the general people, forbid it. Now, for example, if a person stands and speaks, saying, for example, that singing is forbidden and musical instruments are forbidden, there is nothing wrong with that.

The questioner : The one in authority does not say this thing. But if a person, for example, speaks about the Jews and the Christians and speaks about the leader of the global Crusade, America, and the one in authority forbids him and says to him, "Do not speak."

The Shaykh : No, no. May Allah guide us and you. May Allah guide us and you. May Allah guide us and you.