Is it permissible to refrain from forbidding evil to a car driver who listens to songs and smokes?
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Question:
May Allah reward you with good. This other question says: One of the students, Your Eminence the Shaykh! He came from a distant place to attend Your Eminence's lessons, and due to difficult economic circumstances, he is forced to use private cars. In most cases, he finds the car owner smoking and listening to obscene songs, and he feels unable to forbid evil due to prior circumstances. If he forbids him from it, he finds no response, and perhaps he will get off in the middle of the road. So, is there anything upon him if he commits to patience until arrival, while seeking forgiveness and reciting the Qur'an in secret while these songs and cars are running?
Answer:
There is no harm, if Allah wills, if he rides in a car. If it is facilitated for him to leave it, praise be to Allah, he leaves it. And if it is not facilitated and he is forced to use it, forbidding evil is sufficient until Allah relieves the situation until he reaches a place where he can do without it, if he is afflicted with it. But he does not leave off forbidding evil. He says, "Fear Allah, so-and-so. This is not permissible. This is forbidden. There are harms in it for you. There is such-and-such in it." He explains the harms to him. As for if an opportunity is facilitated to move away from him, he leaves him. And if he knows that he is a smoker and that he does not feel shame, he follows another path. But if he is afflicted with it and does not know, he forbids evil to him, and praise be to Allah. So fear Allah, as long as you can do without them.
May Allah reward you with good. This other question says: One of the students, Your Eminence the Shaykh! He came from a distant place to attend Your Eminence's lessons, and due to difficult economic circumstances, he is forced to use private cars. In most cases, he finds the car owner smoking and listening to obscene songs, and he feels unable to forbid evil due to prior circumstances. If he forbids him from it, he finds no response, and perhaps he will get off in the middle of the road. So, is there anything upon him if he commits to patience until arrival, while seeking forgiveness and reciting the Qur'an in secret while these songs and cars are running?
Answer:
There is no harm, if Allah wills, if he rides in a car. If it is facilitated for him to leave it, praise be to Allah, he leaves it. And if it is not facilitated and he is forced to use it, forbidding evil is sufficient until Allah relieves the situation until he reaches a place where he can do without it, if he is afflicted with it. But he does not leave off forbidding evil. He says, "Fear Allah, so-and-so. This is not permissible. This is forbidden. There are harms in it for you. There is such-and-such in it." He explains the harms to him. As for if an opportunity is facilitated to move away from him, he leaves him. And if he knows that he is a smoker and that he does not feel shame, he follows another path. But if he is afflicted with it and does not know, he forbids evil to him, and praise be to Allah. So fear Allah, as long as you can do without them.
Source
قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 679- هل يجوز ترك الإنكار على سائق السيارة الذي يسمع الأغاني ويدخن؟ - (أسئلة)- ابن باز — youtube.com
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