Enjoining good and forbidding evil by hand, then by tongue: Does this contradict the fact that the ignorant person is first taught, and then forbidden from the act?
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The questioner : The statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that enjoining good and forbidding evil is by hand, then by tongue: Does this contradict what the scholars mentioned, that the ignorant person is first taught, and then forbidden from the act afterwards?
The Shaykh : It does not contradict it, because the ignorant person is first taught, and then forbidden from the act. Or it can be said: The term "forbidding" does not mean reprimand. Forbidding means telling him that this is not permissible. So the meaning of forbidding is not reprimand, or discipline, or discretionary punishment.
The Shaykh : It does not contradict it, because the ignorant person is first taught, and then forbidden from the act. Or it can be said: The term "forbidding" does not mean reprimand. Forbidding means telling him that this is not permissible. So the meaning of forbidding is not reprimand, or discipline, or discretionary punishment.