The Press Exaggerating the Mistakes of Members of the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the ruling on what the press and others do in exaggerating the mistakes of some members of the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice?
The Shaykh:
What do they do?
The questioner:
What the press and others do in exaggerating the mistakes of some members of the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice?
The Shaykh:
Yes, these are hypocrites. This is the hypocrisy of seeking out the mistakes of those who enjoin good and forbid evil. This indicates his hypocrisy and that he hates enjoining good and forbidding evil. He hates this, so this is not permissible. He has no mistakes himself; now he goes to follow up on people's mistakes and forgets his own. This is one of the greatest mistakes. Attacking the people of hisbah (religious police) is the greatest of mistakes. Why did he not prevent himself from it?
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: What is the ruling on what the press and others do in exaggerating the mistakes of some members of the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice?
The Shaykh:
What do they do?
The questioner:
What the press and others do in exaggerating the mistakes of some members of the Commission for Promoting Virtue and Preventing Vice?
The Shaykh:
Yes, these are hypocrites. This is the hypocrisy of seeking out the mistakes of those who enjoin good and forbid evil. This indicates his hypocrisy and that he hates enjoining good and forbidding evil. He hates this, so this is not permissible. He has no mistakes himself; now he goes to follow up on people's mistakes and forgets his own. This is one of the greatest mistakes. Attacking the people of hisbah (religious police) is the greatest of mistakes. Why did he not prevent himself from it?
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المنتقى من أخبار سيد المرسلين 28-12-1434هـ — af.org.sa (1:06:41)
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