Explanation of the Hadith: When the People See an Evil and Do Not Forbid It
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the explanation of the hadith which means: If the people see an evil and do not forbid it, Allah will soon encompass them with punishment?
Answer:
Yes. This is correct. The verse was mentioned. As for the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-A'raf 7:163] this is the village. Those who transgressed on the Sabbath, and their scholars advised them, and a group of the scholars remained silent, so they said to those who did it: "O people, Allah will destroy you or harm you." So when the punishment came, no one was saved except those who forbade it from among the generation who warned against evil. This indicates that the one who does not forbid, even if only with his heart, is included in the punishment.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the explanation of the hadith which means: If the people see an evil and do not forbid it, Allah will soon encompass them with punishment?
Answer:
Yes. This is correct. The verse was mentioned. As for the saying of Allah the Exalted
And ask them about the town that was
وَاسْأَلْهُمْ عَنِ الْقَرْيَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 113 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/البيوع/إحياء الموات/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (57:57)
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