Is hisbah an individual obligation for every Muslim?

Question:
What are the limits of the individual's obligation in the matter of hisbah? Is it an individual obligation (fard 'ayn) for every individual?

Answer:
As mentioned previously: it is obligatory, obligatory, obligatory for every person if there is no one to take his place. However, if there is someone to take his place, it becomes a recommended practice (sunnah) for him. But if you are in a village, or in a neighborhood, or in a tribe where you have no one to forbid what is wrong, and you see the wrong with your own eyes, you must forbid what is wrong according to your ability: either by hand, or by tongue, according to your ability. The least of it is the heart. If you fear being beaten or killed, the heart is sufficient. Otherwise, the obligatory means is the hand, like the hisbah officer according to the instructions he has. A man with his children according to his ability, with his wife according to his ability, the village chief in his land, in his village, in his tribe, the tribal chief according to his capacity, and so on, each according to his status. As for passing by the wrong and saying, "This is the responsibility of the committee," when the committee has not done anything, and does not even know about it, and it is not in their jurisdiction or their neighborhood—for example, you have no center, or you have a center and they are negligent—and you saw the wrong: either you forbid the wrong, or you report it to those who will forbid it if you are unable, saying, "Such and such happened, and such and such happened of the apparent wrongs."
And included in this is what concerns the prayers: many people know their neighbors do not pray in their mosque, yet they do not say to them, "Why?" Or they visit them—two or three go, do not go alone, for if you go alone you may be disregarded. But look for brothers who are available to go with you: two or three, visit them, or stop them on the road: "So-and-so, O Abdullah, fear Allah, we do not see you in the mosque, or we hear the sound of flutes and songs in your house, and you are his neighbors and you hear it." You speak to him with kind words and advise him, and perhaps he will benefit. If he does not respond the first time, he may respond the second, or the third, or the fourth time. Or you report his case to those who will deal with him after giving him notice. And so on. Thus, negligence is the calamity, and turning away is the calamity.