On the Importance of the Jurisprudence of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil

The Shaykh: The difference in environment and upbringing causes some rulings to be postponed. We are now gathered for a scholarly lesson in a house. There is no doubt that the owner of the house has been generous to us and has fulfilled his duty, and he has a desire to hear knowledge. But this knowledge that he wants to hear will not develop him; it is the society that will develop him, unless he is surrounded by another society that will protect him. It is exactly like material medical matters: a man living in a society that is medically infected, but what does he take? Tonic, antibiotics, and so on. So now, wherever you go, you find a picture in the house. So if we want to follow the Shari'ah now, if I want to imitate the Messenger, where and where? I must stand outside the door and force the owner of the house to take down this picture.

The questioner : I am...

The Shaykh: Allow me a moment; I do not mean you or anyone else specifically.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: No problem. The point is, you are living in a pressurized environment, do you see? What brought you back? There is something, I mean. Anyway, if I want to follow the Sunnah, I would be like how the Messenger treated the Lady Aisha, but first, where am I and where is the Messenger? And second, where is the person responsible for the house and where is the Lady Aisha? There is a big difference. So we can no longer treat all people with the same treatment that the Master of all people lived with in that time, do you see? So what do we need? As he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: , so we enter and do not impose our opinion, and then we clarify, and may Allah guide us all, if Allah wills.

The questioner: The owner of the house is the father.

The Shaykh: This is your father.

The questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: Above the cabinet.

The questioner: No, inside the cabinet.

The Shaykh: What is inside the cabinet becomes above the cabinet, and this is the reality.

The questioner: I mean the reality ... .

The Shaykh: I mean, the one who takes the picture and puts it in the cabinet, did he take it to put it there?

The questioner : No.

The Shaykh: No; to display it. So over time, this becomes, you took a picture for memories, as they say ... and you came to know that angels do not enter a house that has a picture or a dog, so you hid this picture. But your son comes, your son has strayed from your upbringing ... this is the necessity we are talking about right now.

Another questioner: Except what you are compelled to?

The Shaykh: This is different from that. Is that imposed on him or by your choice?

Another questioner: No; it is imposed on me.

The Shaykh: Is that imposed on you or by your choice?

Another questioner: No, by my choice.

The Shaykh: So part, and peace be upon you.