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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is it permissible to leave off enjoining good for the sake of other benefits?

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Question:
Another says that the reality of the forgetful is contrary to what we hear, and that one who observes events notices in recent times evils that only Allah knows about. We do not know whether the scholars forbade them, or whether they were overpowered by the situation, or whether they feared the consequences and remained silent in general. I am taking this opportunity to offer you this advice, and you are the ones who give advice. Know that remaining silent about evils out of fear of tearing apart and division is an unsound principle, for the matter belongs to Allah before and after, and His anger is not averted except by the evil about which one remained silent, or the evil that we remain silent about.

Answer:
The answer to this is like what came before. The obligatory is like what came before: cooperating in good, caring for enjoining good, not being negligent, and not mocking one another. This is the obligatory. There is no doubt that negligence, mockery, and turning away are among the causes of all evil. We ask Allah for safety, as mentioned before. Yes.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ ابن باز Alsheikh Binbaz»، 038 هل يحل ترك الأمر بالمعروف لمصالح أخرى؟ للإمام ابن باز — youtube.com

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