Denying evil with the heart when there are many evils
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If there are many evils in a time, is it sufficient to deny them with the heart and hate this evil, or am I required by the Shari'ah to do something else?
Answer:
[At-Taghabun 64:16] You are required to do what you are able to do, and to stay away from the places of sins and the places of evil, and from their people. Stay away from them. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: If there are many evils in a time, is it sufficient to deny them with the heart and hate this evil, or am I required by the Shari'ah to do something else?
Answer:
So fear Allah as much as you are able
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل فمن المحبة النافعة : محبة الزوجة وما ملكت يمين الرجل — islamhouse.com (52:48)
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