The Ruling on Sitting in a Place of Evil in Order to Remove It
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The questioner: What is the ruling on sitting in a place where there is evil, for the sake of removing the evil?The Shaykh: Yes, he should sit, in order to forbid them from the evil.
The questioner: Even if the evil is present, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: How can a person remove it except by this? How can he remove the evil while he is with them, or knows about it, and forbids it from afar? But if he sits, approving of their evil and remaining silent about its prohibition, he is like them.
The questioner: It might be, O Shaykh, singing, and he sits with them.
The Shaykh: I sit with them and say, "O people! Fear Allah and stop this singing." If they stop, that is what is required. If they do not stop, he stands up and leaves them.
The questioner: Some people cite an incident that happened to some students of knowledge, saying: He came once, and there was a session of songs, and after they finished, he said to them: What did we benefit from?
The Shaykh: This is part of the call to Islam.
That is, he wants to make it clear to them that there is no good in this gathering.
The questioner: Even if the evil is present, O Shaykh?The Shaykh: How can a person remove it except by this? How can he remove the evil while he is with them, or knows about it, and forbids it from afar? But if he sits, approving of their evil and remaining silent about its prohibition, he is like them.
The questioner: It might be, O Shaykh, singing, and he sits with them.
The Shaykh: I sit with them and say, "O people! Fear Allah and stop this singing." If they stop, that is what is required. If they do not stop, he stands up and leaves them.
The questioner: Some people cite an incident that happened to some students of knowledge, saying: He came once, and there was a session of songs, and after they finished, he said to them: What did we benefit from?
The Shaykh: This is part of the call to Islam.
That is, he wants to make it clear to them that there is no good in this gathering.