Abandoning the enjoining of good and the forbidding of evil out of fear of people
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Question:
The questioner says: Is leaving off enjoining good and forbidding evil out of fear of people considered shirk (associating partners with Allah), given that the author of Fath al-Majid (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned this when discussing the chapter on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ali 'Imran 3:175]
Answer:
Yes, it is minor shirk. The one who leaves off enjoining good and forbidding evil out of fear of people commits minor shirk. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
The questioner says: Is leaving off enjoining good and forbidding evil out of fear of people considered shirk (associating partners with Allah), given that the author of Fath al-Majid (may Allah have mercy on him) mentioned this when discussing the chapter on the saying of Allah the Exalted:
That is only Satan who frightens [you] of his supporters
إِنَّمَا ذَٰلِكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ يُخَوِّفُ أَوْلِيَاءَهُAnswer:
Yes, it is minor shirk. The one who leaves off enjoining good and forbidding evil out of fear of people commits minor shirk. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 9 — youtube.com (38:55)
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