Entering a barber shop where the barber is shaving a customer's beard
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If I want to enter a barber shop and there is someone having his beard shaved, should I enter while this sin is taking place, or should I wait until he is finished? And if I do enter, should I rebuke him?
Answer:
You enter and remain silent? That is not permissible, because remaining silent in the face of what is wrong is not allowed. However, if you enter and advise him, there is no harm in that. If you enter and advise him with gentleness, wisdom, and good exhortation, not with harshness, violence, or severity, but with kind and soft words, perhaps he will be affected and stop, or at least feel ashamed. But entering and remaining silent is not permissible, because it is silence in the face of what is wrong. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, the questioner says: If I want to enter a barber shop and there is someone having his beard shaved, should I enter while this sin is taking place, or should I wait until he is finished? And if I do enter, should I rebuke him?
Answer:
You enter and remain silent? That is not permissible, because remaining silent in the face of what is wrong is not allowed. However, if you enter and advise him, there is no harm in that. If you enter and advise him with gentleness, wisdom, and good exhortation, not with harshness, violence, or severity, but with kind and soft words, perhaps he will be affected and stop, or at least feel ashamed. But entering and remaining silent is not permissible, because it is silence in the face of what is wrong. Yes.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تتمة باب البر والصلة — islamhouse.com (1:10:03)
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