What is the obligation of every Muslim regarding enjoining good?
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Question:
The question asks: What are the limits of an individual's obligation in the field of hisbah? Is it an individual obligation for every person?
Answer:
As mentioned previously: It is obligatory, obligatory, obligatory for every individual if there is no one to take his place. However, if there is someone to take his place, it becomes a recommended practice 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 the wrong to the extent of your ability: either by hand, or by tongue, to the extent of your ability. The least of it is the heart. If you fear being beaten or killed, the heart is sufficient. Otherwise, the hand is obligatory, like the hisbah. The hisbah officer acts according to the instructions he has. A man with his children acts to the extent of his ability. With his wife, to the extent of his ability. The village chief in his land, in his village, in his tribe, the sheikh of the tribe to the extent of his ability, and so on, each according to his capacity. As for passing by the wrong and saying, "This is the responsibility of the committee," the committee has not done anything, nor do they know about it, it is not in their jurisdiction, nor in their neighborhood. For example, you have no center, or you have a center and they are negligent. You saw the wrong: either you forbid the wrong, or if you are unable, you report it to those who will forbid it, saying, "Such and such happened, and such and such happened of the apparent wrongs."
And included in this is what relates to 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. Go two or three, 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." Say 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. Or, after giving him notice, you report his case to those who will deal with him. And so on. Thus, negligence is the calamity, and turning away is the calamity.
The question asks: What are the limits of an individual's obligation in the field of hisbah? Is it an individual obligation for every person?
Answer:
As mentioned previously: It is obligatory, obligatory, obligatory for every individual if there is no one to take his place. However, if there is someone to take his place, it becomes a recommended practice 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 the wrong to the extent of your ability: either by hand, or by tongue, to the extent of your ability. The least of it is the heart. If you fear being beaten or killed, the heart is sufficient. Otherwise, the hand is obligatory, like the hisbah. The hisbah officer acts according to the instructions he has. A man with his children acts to the extent of his ability. With his wife, to the extent of his ability. The village chief in his land, in his village, in his tribe, the sheikh of the tribe to the extent of his ability, and so on, each according to his capacity. As for passing by the wrong and saying, "This is the responsibility of the committee," the committee has not done anything, nor do they know about it, it is not in their jurisdiction, nor in their neighborhood. For example, you have no center, or you have a center and they are negligent. You saw the wrong: either you forbid the wrong, or if you are unable, you report it to those who will forbid it, saying, "Such and such happened, and such and such happened of the apparent wrongs."
And included in this is what relates to 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. Go two or three, 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." Say 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. Or, after giving him notice, you report his case to those who will deal with him. And so on. Thus, negligence is the calamity, and turning away is the calamity.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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