Is it permissible to remain silent about the lesser evil that exists in order to call people to the oneness of Allah and the Sunnah, absolutely?

The questioner : ... O Shaykh?

The Shaykh: Go ahead.

The questioner : I mean, if the places of mourning gatherings are utilized by a person, or he seizes the opportunity to call people to the oneness of Allah, or to Islam, or to the Sunnah, without denouncing the issue itself?

The Shaykh : No, it is not permissible, it is not permissible. And why, for example? And this is what I fear. Why, for example? Because he does not combine two virtues; that is, between denouncing what he sees happening before him and calling to the oneness of Allah? That is because he takes silence regarding the evil as a means to convey the call to the oneness of Allah. Here we say with complete clarity that these means revert to the first means we mentioned earlier; that it is not permissible to take means that are from amusement as a means to call people to Islam. So, a fortiori, it is not permissible for us to remain silent about the evil that occurs in our hands under the pretext that it is to denounce the greater evil. "The end does not justify the means." If you are in an evil, you must denounce it. Especially since we find our evidence from the books of these scholars whom these innovators or these misguided people rely upon. So, this form that came in the question at the end is not permissible. Rather, he must combine denouncing the evil in which they are involved with calling them to the oneness of Allah. This is what is necessary. And Allah the Exalted knows best.

The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.