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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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If the imam neglects enjoining good and forbidding evil, do the subjects have to carry it out?

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Question : Shaykh, if a group neglects the enjoining of good and forbidding of evil, do individual members of the subjects have to carry it out?

Answer : Yes, they must carry it out, but they have no right to change it by force because they are unable to do so.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، [887] إذا ضيع الإمام الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، فهل يقوم به الرعية؟ - ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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