The obligation of Muslims when wrongdoings are widespread
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is another questioner, may Allah preserve you, who says: Wrongdoings have become widespread in this time, and few are those who condemn them. What is the obligation of Muslims in this regard?
Answer:
The obligation is to condemn wrongdoings to the extent of one’s ability, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih Muslim 49a. To the extent of one’s ability, one must never approve of a wrongdoing. One condemns the wrongdoing according to his ability, either by hand, or by tongue, or by heart, the heart being the lowest level. One does not accept the wrongdoing or submit to it. No, one condemns the wrongdoing even with his heart. And if he condemns it with his heart, he distances himself from its practitioners and distances himself from their place.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This is another questioner, may Allah preserve you, who says: Wrongdoings have become widespread in this time, and few are those who condemn them. What is the obligation of Muslims in this regard?
Answer:
The obligation is to condemn wrongdoings to the extent of one’s ability, as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of faith.
مَنْ رَأَى مِنْكُمْ مُنْكَرًا فَلْيُغَيِّرْهُ بِيَدِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِلِسَانِهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَبِقَلْبِهِ وَذَلِكَ أَضْعَفُ الإِيمَانِ
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إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان 15-03-1439هـ — alfawzan.live (45:31)
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