The ruling on leaving off the forbidding of evil when one is able to do so
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person sees an evil and does nothing, and he is able to repel the evil with his tongue, what is required of him?
Answer:
He has left off what is obligatory upon him. Whoever leaves off an obligation commits a sin. An obligation is that for which its doer is rewarded and its leaver is punished. This is leaving off an obligation, so he commits a sin for it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If a person sees an evil and does nothing, and he is able to repel the evil with his tongue, what is required of him?
Answer:
He has left off what is obligatory upon him. Whoever leaves off an obligation commits a sin. An obligation is that for which its doer is rewarded and its leaver is punished. This is leaving off an obligation, so he commits a sin for it.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 30/30 شرح العقيدة السفارينية / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (6:42)
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