Follow-up: Is it permissible to forbid evil from the pulpits or in public?
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
The Shaykh : It was mentioned that a man from the Khawarij came to 'Ali ibn Abi Talib one time and said: "O 'Ali, why have the people disagreed with you?"
I think you know what happened to 'Ali regarding the trials and the emergence of the Khawarij against him and other such matters. He said: "Why did they disagree with him and not disagree with Abu Bakr and 'Umar?" So 'Ali said a word to him that silenced the Khariji. He said to him: "The men of Abu Bakr and 'Umar are me and those like me, and your men are you and those like you." This put a stone in his mouth, and this is authentic. The conclusion is that when evil becomes widespread among the people, it is necessary to forbid it, but without causing fitnah or exposing anyone, or inciting hearts against the rulers. However, if one person out of a hundred, for example, or a thousand, is doing it, then we contact this man, forbid him, and warn him of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Because if you mention the evil publicly on the pulpits, and only a few people are doing it, it means that you have spread it among the people. Yes.
I think you know what happened to 'Ali regarding the trials and the emergence of the Khawarij against him and other such matters. He said: "Why did they disagree with him and not disagree with Abu Bakr and 'Umar?" So 'Ali said a word to him that silenced the Khariji. He said to him: "The men of Abu Bakr and 'Umar are me and those like me, and your men are you and those like you." This put a stone in his mouth, and this is authentic. The conclusion is that when evil becomes widespread among the people, it is necessary to forbid it, but without causing fitnah or exposing anyone, or inciting hearts against the rulers. However, if one person out of a hundred, for example, or a thousand, is doing it, then we contact this man, forbid him, and warn him of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Because if you mention the evil publicly on the pulpits, and only a few people are doing it, it means that you have spread it among the people. Yes.