Commanding the voluntary acts of worship while leaving them off
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The questioner:
And this questioner says: Is the one who commands people and encourages them to some of the virtues, such as?
The Shaykh:
Is it?
The questioner:
Is the one who commands people and encourages them to some of the virtues, such as fasting a voluntary fast or praying a voluntary prayer, but he does not do it himself, considered among those who enjoin what is right but do not do it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is a deficiency; this is considered a deficiency, but he does not commit a sin for it. The one who abandons the obligatory commits a sin, but the one who abandons the voluntary does not commit a sin, though it is a deficiency.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
And this questioner says: Is the one who commands people and encourages them to some of the virtues, such as?
The Shaykh:
Is it?
The questioner:
Is the one who commands people and encourages them to some of the virtues, such as fasting a voluntary fast or praying a voluntary prayer, but he does not do it himself, considered among those who enjoin what is right but do not do it?
The Shaykh:
Yes, this is a deficiency; this is considered a deficiency, but he does not commit a sin for it. The one who abandons the obligatory commits a sin, but the one who abandons the voluntary does not commit a sin, though it is a deficiency.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
وجوب الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : وفي الصحيحين عن أسامة بن زيد - رضي الله عنه - — islamhouse.com (39:47)
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