Is it permissible to limit forbidding evil to writing books?
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I cannot forbid evil except by writing.
The Shaykh:
Writing is good, but not everyone who writes is a scholar with the capability to do so.
The questioner:
He says:
The Shaykh:
Writing is part of spreading knowledge, calling to Allah, and forbidding evil, without doubt, but on the condition that the author is a person of knowledge.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If I cannot forbid evil except by writing.
The Shaykh:
Writing is good, but not everyone who writes is a scholar with the capability to do so.
The questioner:
He says:
The Shaykh:
Writing is part of spreading knowledge, calling to Allah, and forbidding evil, without doubt, but on the condition that the author is a person of knowledge.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز الاكتفاء الإنكار بتأليف الكتب؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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