Reading the statement of Imam al-Nawawi (may Allah have mercy on him) regarding what he quoted: "The chapter on the severity of the punishment for one who enjoins good or forbids evil but contradicts his words with his actions."

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The reader: He said (may Allah have mercy on him): "The chapter on the severity of the punishment for one who enjoins good or forbids evil but contradicts his words with his actions. Allah the Exalted said:

Do you order righteousness of the people and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Then will you not reason?

أتأمرون الناس بالبر وتنسون أنفسكم وأنتم تتلون الكتاب أفلا تعقلون

[Al-Baqarah 2:44]

And He said:

⁽²⁾ O you who have believed, why do you say what you do not do? ⁽³⁾ Great is hatred in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do.

يا أيها الذين آمنوا لم تقولون ما لا تفعلون كبر مقتا عند الله أن تقولوا ما لا تفعلون

[As-Saf 61:2-3]

And He said, reporting about Shu'ayb (peace be upon him):

And I do not intend to differ from you in that which I have forbidden you

وما أريد أن أخالفكم إلى ما أنهاكم عنه

[Hud 11:88]

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