The ruling on leaving off enjoining good and forbidding evil out of shyness before people
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Question:
If one leaves off enjoining good and forbidding evil out of shyness before people, does he fall under the warning that necessitates his committing minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) and become equal to the one who fears?
Answer:
Yes, if he leaves it off out of shyness before people, he falls into sin. As for if he leaves it off because he is unable to do it, he is excused. But if he is able to do it yet leaves it off out of shyness or to please people, he falls into sin and it becomes minor shirk. Yes.
If one leaves off enjoining good and forbidding evil out of shyness before people, does he fall under the warning that necessitates his committing minor shirk (associating partners with Allah) and become equal to the one who fears?
Answer:
Yes, if he leaves it off out of shyness before people, he falls into sin. As for if he leaves it off because he is unable to do it, he is excused. But if he is able to do it yet leaves it off out of shyness or to please people, he falls into sin and it becomes minor shirk. Yes.
Source
شرح قرة عيون الموحدين في تحقيق دعوة الأنبياء والمرسلين، باب قول الله - تعالى - : { إِنَّمَا ذَلِكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَاءَهُ فَلا تَخَافُوهُمْ وَخَافُونِ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ } — islamhouse.com (1:01:13)
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