Is it permissible for me to discipline them?
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The Shaykh : Write a response to them. As for you going to discipline them, that is not permissible, because it causes fitnah (trial, discord or temptation). You know, people cause fitnah.
The questioner : If we go out at night and beat them...
The students: Heh heh
The Shaykh : No, no, my brother.
The questioner : Shaykh, some of the young men have become... and did not...
The Shaykh : Fine, they do not contradict. I am asking you now: does this beating benefit? In any case, it may benefit, or it may increase [the problem]. Yes, if he threatens with killing, he may be afraid. But is it permissible for us to open this door for people and say, "Whoever you see whose blood is permissible, kill him, and whoever you see insulting the religion in the newspapers, kill him"? This is difficult; it will become chaos with no end, and the consequences will be as Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) said when he was asked about these people who enjoin good and forbid evil. He said, "But they corrupt more than they reform." Yes, that is right.
The questioner : If we go out at night and beat them...
The students: Heh heh
The Shaykh : No, no, my brother.
The questioner : Shaykh, some of the young men have become... and did not...
The Shaykh : Fine, they do not contradict. I am asking you now: does this beating benefit? In any case, it may benefit, or it may increase [the problem]. Yes, if he threatens with killing, he may be afraid. But is it permissible for us to open this door for people and say, "Whoever you see whose blood is permissible, kill him, and whoever you see insulting the religion in the newspapers, kill him"? This is difficult; it will become chaos with no end, and the consequences will be as Abu Hanifah (may Allah have mercy on him) said when he was asked about these people who enjoin good and forbid evil. He said, "But they corrupt more than they reform." Yes, that is right.