The Guidelines for Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil and the Description of Those Who Carry It Out
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The questioner:
And if we ruled regarding Shaykh Abu Hafiz (may Allah have mercy on him), or if some of the callers to Allah took the position that the people are Muslims, news of this enjoining good and forbidding evil, not allegiance for the sake of stirring up trouble in the books of the young Muslim, then the glorification of Allah, if he wants to call to Allah or other than the ruler, based on the apparent meanings of verses of the Qur'an or some of the sayings of the Sunnah, I say, as I am telling you, we have preserved the reading of his advice in the chapter on the Muslim, so that it does not arise and be chosen by what has become widespread in this age.
The Shaykh:
Those who engage in this work do not fall outside of one of two categories: either they are ignorant and did not intend this error, in which case they must learn first; it is not permissible for them to speak about enjoining good and forbidding evil regarding this great principle until they have learned. And when they learn, they will know the truth, if Allah wills. They came from their ignorance and erred by speaking about what they did not know, so they must learn first so that their ignorance is removed and they know the truth. This is one type. The second type are malicious people from among the hypocrites and the people of evil who want to divide the word of the Muslims and sow enmity between them. As for these, one must be cautious of them, warn against them, and not be deceived by them or their sayings.
And if we ruled regarding Shaykh Abu Hafiz (may Allah have mercy on him), or if some of the callers to Allah took the position that the people are Muslims, news of this enjoining good and forbidding evil, not allegiance for the sake of stirring up trouble in the books of the young Muslim, then the glorification of Allah, if he wants to call to Allah or other than the ruler, based on the apparent meanings of verses of the Qur'an or some of the sayings of the Sunnah, I say, as I am telling you, we have preserved the reading of his advice in the chapter on the Muslim, so that it does not arise and be chosen by what has become widespread in this age.
The Shaykh:
Those who engage in this work do not fall outside of one of two categories: either they are ignorant and did not intend this error, in which case they must learn first; it is not permissible for them to speak about enjoining good and forbidding evil regarding this great principle until they have learned. And when they learn, they will know the truth, if Allah wills. They came from their ignorance and erred by speaking about what they did not know, so they must learn first so that their ignorance is removed and they know the truth. This is one type. The second type are malicious people from among the hypocrites and the people of evil who want to divide the word of the Muslims and sow enmity between them. As for these, one must be cautious of them, warn against them, and not be deceived by them or their sayings.
Source
شرح العقيدة الواسطية [ صالح الفوزان ] [ الشرح القديم ]، بداية من قوله : يأمرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر — islamhouse.com (1:04:29)
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