Do we prevent some people from conveying the Salafi call due to their bad morals and their treatment of other common people?
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The questioner : Well, with this, O our Shaykh, do we prevent some people from conveying the call to the common people because of their bad manner?
The Shaykh : No, my brother, we do not prevent anyone who calls to the truth, but we order him to be good in his call to the truth. We do not prevent anyone from calling to the truth, but we order him to improve his manner in calling to the truth, otherwise the prohibition of evil that we were commanded to do would be lost:Sahih Muslim 49a. Perhaps a person is capable of changing the evil with his hand, and no greater evil results from this prohibition by hand, yet some say that this manner is harsh. Do you understand me or not?
The questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean.
The questioner : I mean, no greater harm results from it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But they accuse us of being harsh, because it did not agree with their desires.
The Shaykh : But, if a greater evil results from prohibiting the evil, then at that time prohibiting the evil becomes an evil; and therefore the Messenger (peace be upon him), by revelation from the sky, naturally made the ranks of prohibiting evil three. The first rank is changing it with the hand, but this changing with the hand is not always appropriate, rather even changing with the tongue...
The Shaykh : No, my brother, we do not prevent anyone who calls to the truth, but we order him to be good in his call to the truth. We do not prevent anyone from calling to the truth, but we order him to improve his manner in calling to the truth, otherwise the prohibition of evil that we were commanded to do would be lost:
He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of faith.
من رأى منكم منكرًا فليغيِّره بيده ، فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه ، فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه ؛ وذلك أضعف الإيمانThe questioner: Yes.
The Shaykh : I mean.
The questioner : I mean, no greater harm results from it.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : But they accuse us of being harsh, because it did not agree with their desires.
The Shaykh : But, if a greater evil results from prohibiting the evil, then at that time prohibiting the evil becomes an evil; and therefore the Messenger (peace be upon him), by revelation from the sky, naturally made the ranks of prohibiting evil three. The first rank is changing it with the hand, but this changing with the hand is not always appropriate, rather even changing with the tongue...
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