Is it a condition that the one who enjoins good must be practicing it, and the one who forbids evil must be avoiding it?
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The Shaykh : If you enjoin good while you are not practicing it, you would have left off one obligatory duty. Likewise, we say regarding evil: if you leave off forbidding evil while you are committing it, you would fall into two evils, which are: failing to forbid it and committing the evil. If you forbid it while you are committing it, you would fall into one evil, which is your committing of it. A person must perform what is obligatory to the extent of his ability and leave off what is forbidden to the extent of his ability. The important thing is that enjoining good and forbidding evil falls within the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Do you enjoin righteousness upon the people while you forget yourselves? How swift you are to forget!" How quickly you forget. It falls within His saying: [Ash-Shuraa 42:13] Look, this single phrase encompasses volumes, and my understanding of the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) is nothing. The important thing is that this establishment of religion includes establishing religion within the person and establishing religion with others. It encompasses the rectification of the individual and the rectification of the community as a whole. Religion is everything by which people are bound to their Lord (Mighty and Majestic), including the essentials of Islam and the foundations of Islam, and everything else in Islam. We are commanded to establish all of this, either on the basis of obligation or on the basis of recommendation, according to the practice that we are commanded to establish or that we wish to establish. Is there a little time left for questions? Yes, there is. How many questions are there?
The students: There are twelve.
The Shaykh : There are twelve minus five. Yes, there is a little time left.
to establish the religion and not be divided therein
أن أقيموا الدين ولا تتفرقوا فيهThe students: There are twelve.
The Shaykh : There are twelve minus five. Yes, there is a little time left.
