The Method of Public Advice and Exhortation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks and says: Some callers to Allah strive to give public advice in a style that involves a degree of rebuke or an embarrassing confrontation with the parties to the dispute or the litigants. Is this style appropriate in da'wah and advice, even if it has some validity? We hope for an elaboration on this issue.
Answer:
The default for admonition and reminding is that it be done with wisdom and good admonition. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nahl 16:125] Advice should be given in a pleasant style that attracts people and does not repel them. One only becomes harsh in style with the sinner who does not accept advice, who does not accept advice, and does not accept admonition. With such a person, one becomes harsh and warns him of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, so that perhaps he will be deterred. And if he has arguments or doubts, they are clarified for him, and he is argued with in the best manner, so that the truth and correctness become clear to him.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner asks and says: Some callers to Allah strive to give public advice in a style that involves a degree of rebuke or an embarrassing confrontation with the parties to the dispute or the litigants. Is this style appropriate in da'wah and advice, even if it has some validity? We hope for an elaboration on this issue.
Answer:
The default for admonition and reminding is that it be done with wisdom and good admonition. Allah the Exalted said:
Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and good instruction, and argue with them in a way that is best.
ادْعُ إِلَىٰ سَبِيلِ رَبِّكَ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَالْمَوْعِظَةِ الْحَسَنَةِ وَجَادِلْهُم بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/173 — archive.org (11:02)
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