Is one rewarded for enjoining good and forbidding evil while expecting harm?
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The questioner : This person who forbids evil and enjoins good, and knows that he will be harmed, is he rewarded for this?
The Shaykh : Rewarded for what?
The questioner : For enjoining good or forbidding evil, and he has accepted the possibility of harm.
The Shaykh : It appears that he is rewarded; he is rewarded for that. However, the obligation is not established in this case. He is rewarded for enjoining good and rewarded for his patience in the face of harm.
The questioner : Even if some people are affected
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... if he leaves it off ... for some people ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, if this harm that befalls him causes ... some preachers who enjoin good and forbid evil.
The Shaykh : In any case, this is one of the causes for which we mentioned that the obligation is lifted from him, because this may be a cause for the discouragement of others. So if he knows, he should be patient. If he knows that this may be a harm to others, then at that time we may say that it is better for him to remain silent until there is another opportunity.
The questioner : Shaykh, if he remains silent, does it mean that this evil is known, or the opposite?
The Shaykh : No, no.
The questioner : He stops, for example, in a village where this evil remains widespread among the people.
The Shaykh : Silence now is not in all cases; silence is not evidence that the one who is silent is pleased.
The questioner : I mean, for example, it came to him, but he did not address this matter. However, when it was addressed ... if he speaks, he will cause harm, or harm others as well. And if he remains silent, it becomes ...
The Shaykh : I mean, for example, he was told, "Judge by this, or what?"
The questioner : It exists in a place where they were ... this exists, and he usually remains silent, meaning he goes to the truth. If he remains silent, they consider that this ...
The Shaykh : Rewarded for what?
The questioner : For enjoining good or forbidding evil, and he has accepted the possibility of harm.
The Shaykh : It appears that he is rewarded; he is rewarded for that. However, the obligation is not established in this case. He is rewarded for enjoining good and rewarded for his patience in the face of harm.
The questioner : Even if some people are affected
The Shaykh : Yes
The questioner : ... if he leaves it off ... for some people ...
The Shaykh : How?
The questioner : I mean, if this harm that befalls him causes ... some preachers who enjoin good and forbid evil.
The Shaykh : In any case, this is one of the causes for which we mentioned that the obligation is lifted from him, because this may be a cause for the discouragement of others. So if he knows, he should be patient. If he knows that this may be a harm to others, then at that time we may say that it is better for him to remain silent until there is another opportunity.
The questioner : Shaykh, if he remains silent, does it mean that this evil is known, or the opposite?
The Shaykh : No, no.
The questioner : He stops, for example, in a village where this evil remains widespread among the people.
The Shaykh : Silence now is not in all cases; silence is not evidence that the one who is silent is pleased.
The questioner : I mean, for example, it came to him, but he did not address this matter. However, when it was addressed ... if he speaks, he will cause harm, or harm others as well. And if he remains silent, it becomes ...
The Shaykh : I mean, for example, he was told, "Judge by this, or what?"
The questioner : It exists in a place where they were ... this exists, and he usually remains silent, meaning he goes to the truth. If he remains silent, they consider that this ...