The ruling on forbidding evil if it causes a greater evil
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Question:
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: If forbidding evil causes a greater evil, should one forbid it in this case?
Answer:
It is forbidden to forbid it in this case. If forbidding evil causes a greater evil, it is not permissible to forbid the evil. One commits the lesser of two harms to avert the greater. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[Al-An'am 6:108] He prohibited cursing the idols if cursing them leads to the disbelievers cursing Allah, the Exalted. Yes.
May Allah reward you. This questioner says: If forbidding evil causes a greater evil, should one forbid it in this case?
Answer:
It is forbidden to forbid it in this case. If forbidding evil causes a greater evil, it is not permissible to forbid the evil. One commits the lesser of two harms to avert the greater. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
And do not insult those they invoke other than Allah, lest they insult Allah in enmity without knowledge
وَلَا تَسُبُّوا الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ اللَّهِ فَيَسُبُّوا اللَّهَ عَدْوًا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ
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لقاء مفتوح بالطائف 05-08-1434هـ — alfawzan.live (5:47)
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