Some people, O Shaykh, when you tell them not to do such and such, because people think such and such about them, they say, "I have no concern for what people think; let them think what they will."

The questioner : Some people, O Shaykh, when you tell them not to do such and such, because people think such and such about them, they say, "I have no concern for what people think; let them think what they will."
The Shaykh : Do you mean that his intention in what he did was enjoining good and forbidding evil?
The questioner : No, it is just something in an ordinary transaction.
The Shaykh : It is not permissible; rather, it is not befitting. What is befitting for a person is to stay away from this matter, because the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .