The Methodology of the Salaf in Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
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Question:
He has another question about the methodology of the righteous Salaf in enjoining good and forbidding evil, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
Now, according to what came in the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih Muslim 49a, it is in degrees. The one who has the authority to remove the evil with his hand must do so, such as the members of the Hisbah authority or a man in his home with his children and his family; it is obligatory for him to change the evil with his hand. If he has no authority, then he forbids it with his tongue through admonition, advice, and reporting the location of the evil and those who commit it, in order to take action against them and advise them. If he is unable to forbid it with his tongue, then he forbids the evil with his heart and keeps away from the people of evil and the place of evil, and does not sit with them. Yes.
He has another question about the methodology of the righteous Salaf in enjoining good and forbidding evil, may Allah preserve you?
Answer:
Now, according to what came in the saying of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)
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.
من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده، فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه، فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه، وذلك أضعف الإيمان
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/006 — archive.org (18:53)
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