(Whoever covers for someone, Allah will cover for them) Is it permissible for us to cover for the fornicator and the drinker of intoxicants?
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The questioner : A report has been transmitted: . Is it permissible for us to cover for the fornicator and the drinker of intoxicants? And if the answer is yes, how do we forbid what is wrong? And do we turn a blind eye when we see something wrong? Please inform us, may Allah preserve you.
The Shaykh : Yes. However, if the matter reaches the authorities, it is not permissible to cover it up. But before that, one looks: Was this man upright and did he commit a slip? Perhaps if he is advised, he will repent to Allah the Exalted, in which case it is better to cover for him. But if covering for him would lead him to rebel and increase in his evil, then it is not permissible to cover for him. Rather, it is obligatory to report him to the rulers so that they impose upon him the punishment that is obligatory for him.
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Whoever covers for someone, Allah will cover for them
من ستر على أحد ستر الله عليهThe Shaykh : Yes. However, if the matter reaches the authorities, it is not permissible to cover it up. But before that, one looks: Was this man upright and did he commit a slip? Perhaps if he is advised, he will repent to Allah the Exalted, in which case it is better to cover for him. But if covering for him would lead him to rebel and increase in his evil, then it is not permissible to cover for him. Rather, it is obligatory to report him to the rulers so that they impose upon him the punishment that is obligatory for him.
Yes. The dam.