The Priority of Speech in Forbidding Evil
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Question:
Does the one in authority begin with speech, argument, and persuasion, or does he begin immediately with changing it by force?
Answer:
He begins with speech first. If he speaks, praise be to Allah. If it is in his home, he advises his children and his wife with speech, and so does the ruler, and so does the prince. If they do not desist except through action, he disciplines them, except where a hadd (fixed punishment) applies; the hadd is carried out. If it is a hadd, it is said...
Does the one in authority begin with speech, argument, and persuasion, or does he begin immediately with changing it by force?
Answer:
He begins with speech first. If he speaks, praise be to Allah. If it is in his home, he advises his children and his wife with speech, and so does the ruler, and so does the prince. If they do not desist except through action, he disciplines them, except where a hadd (fixed punishment) applies; the hadd is carried out. If it is a hadd, it is said...
Source
التعليق على رياض الصالحين، تابع باب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر : الأحاديث : [ 195 - 197 ] — islamhouse.com (4:43)
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