Is enjoining good and forbidding evil one of the pillars of Islam?
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Question:
Your Eminence, I heard from some scholars that some scholars counted enjoining good and forbidding evil as one of the pillars of Islam. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, some scholars have said so, but there is no clear text regarding this. Rather, it is one of the greatest obligations of Islam. The pillars are five, well known, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specified them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 5001Sahih (Darussalam) meaning: upon five foundations Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2609Sahih (Darussalam). This is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said. These are the foundations that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) explicitly mentioned.
However, in reality, it is one of the foundations and one of the obligations, but it is not called the sixth pillar because there is no evidence for that. Nevertheless, it is one of the foundations and one of the great obligations. Just as jihad in the path of Allah is one of the foundations, and likewise, leaving the prohibitions that Allah has forbidden for His servants is one of the foundations that is necessary, and an obligation that is necessary.
So whatever Allah has made obligatory upon us, we must adhere to it, and whatever Allah has forbidden for us, we must adhere to leaving it. All of this is among the obligations. If you call it a foundation or a pillar of Islam, meaning that it is an obligation of Islam, there is no dispute in terminology.
Your Eminence, I heard from some scholars that some scholars counted enjoining good and forbidding evil as one of the pillars of Islam. Is this correct?
Answer:
Yes, some scholars have said so, but there is no clear text regarding this. Rather, it is one of the greatest obligations of Islam. The pillars are five, well known, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) specified them. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Islam is built on five
بُني الإسلام على خمسٍthe testimony of La Ilaha Illallah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, the establishment of the Salat, giving the Zakat, fasting (the month of) Ramadan, and performing Hajj to the House.
شهادة أن لا إله إلا الله، وأنَّ محمدًا رسول الله، وإقام الصلاة، وإيتاء الزكاة، وصوم رمضان، وحج البيتHowever, in reality, it is one of the foundations and one of the obligations, but it is not called the sixth pillar because there is no evidence for that. Nevertheless, it is one of the foundations and one of the great obligations. Just as jihad in the path of Allah is one of the foundations, and likewise, leaving the prohibitions that Allah has forbidden for His servants is one of the foundations that is necessary, and an obligation that is necessary.
So whatever Allah has made obligatory upon us, we must adhere to it, and whatever Allah has forbidden for us, we must adhere to leaving it. All of this is among the obligations. If you call it a foundation or a pillar of Islam, meaning that it is an obligation of Islam, there is no dispute in terminology.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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