Does the school commit a sin if it does not enjoin good and forbid evil?
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The questioner : The sister questioner says in her question: Honorable Shaykh, when does a woman commit a sin? Does a woman commit a sin by leaving off enjoining good and forbidding evil if she is a teacher of the religious subjects? And does teaching the religious subjects take the place of enjoining good? Please guide us in this matter.
The Shaykh : Yes. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is a collective obligation. If enough people do it, it drops off the rest. The word of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:[Ali 'Imran 3:104]. It is obligatory for a person to enjoin good and forbid evil to the extent of his ability, on the condition that he does not neglect what is more important, which is teaching religious knowledge.
For teaching religious knowledge is a collective obligation, and it may also be an individual obligation, just as enjoining good and forbidding evil is.
In my opinion, teaching does not prevent one from enjoining good and forbidding evil. For example, if a man is teaching, or a woman is teaching, and she sees an evil on her way or in her school, she can say to the one she sees doing an evil: "My brother, fear Allah. Stay away from this evil," and she admonishes him with what Allah opens up for her.
It does not mean that she goes to the people in their markets and their houses to enjoin good upon them and forbid them from evil; this is not obligatory. Yes. May Allah reward you, and thank you to the sister questioner.
The Shaykh : Yes. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is a collective obligation. If enough people do it, it drops off the rest. The word of Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He:
And let there be [arising] from you a nation inviting to [all that is] good, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong, and those will be the successful.
وَلْتَكُن مِّنكُمْ أُمَّةٌ يَدْعُونَ إِلَى الْخَيْرِ وَيَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَأُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْمُفْلِحُونَFor teaching religious knowledge is a collective obligation, and it may also be an individual obligation, just as enjoining good and forbidding evil is.
In my opinion, teaching does not prevent one from enjoining good and forbidding evil. For example, if a man is teaching, or a woman is teaching, and she sees an evil on her way or in her school, she can say to the one she sees doing an evil: "My brother, fear Allah. Stay away from this evil," and she admonishes him with what Allah opens up for her.
It does not mean that she goes to the people in their markets and their houses to enjoin good upon them and forbid them from evil; this is not obligatory. Yes. May Allah reward you, and thank you to the sister questioner.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 2771- هل المدرسة تأثم إذا لم تأمر بالمعروف وتنهى عن المنكر/سؤال على الهاتف 📞 — youtube.com
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