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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If the state establishes an authority for enjoining good and forbidding evil, does this obligation fall off the rest of the people?

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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: When there is an authority established by the Islamic state for enjoining good and forbidding evil, does this obligation fall off the rest of the people?

Answer:
Enjoining good and forbidding evil, my brothers, does not fall off, but it has degrees, as the Messenger of Guidance (peace and blessings be upon him) explained. Whoever among you sees what is wrong, let him change it with his hand. This is for the men of the authority. So whoever cannot do that, let him change it with his tongue. This is for you, through explanation, advice, calling to Allah, and reporting those who are stubborn. You report to the authority and cooperate with the authority in that; this is forbidding evil with the tongue. So whoever cannot do that, let him forbid the evil with his heart and distance himself from its people. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [928 -954] إذا انشأت الدولة هيئة الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، فهل تسقط هذه الشعيرة عن الباقين؟ — youtube.com

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