Enjoining good and forbidding evil through the Committee is the responsibility of everyone
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Question:
Why are there no young men from the Committee in the markets to expose corruption in the markets? We ask your Eminence to inform the Committee’s center about this?
Answer:
We ask Allah to help them and grant them success. They have conveyed the message and are aware of it, but we ask Allah to help them and increase their helpers in good. The community should help them. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is not specific to the Committee, my brothers. It is general, not exclusive. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says: [Al-Tawbah: 71] All of you, every believing man and woman, are included in this.
And He the Exalted says: [Al-Imran: 110] It is not specific to the Committee, nor to the rulers, nor to the judges, nor to the scholars. It is general. However, the duty of the Committee is greater, the duty of the scholar is greater, the duty of the ruler is greater, and the duty of the state is greater. Otherwise, the matter is shared, and each person has his share of this great duty.
The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:Sahih Muslim 50a Narrated by Muslim in his Sahih.
And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said, as narrated by Muslim in the Sahih:Sahih Muslim 49a.
What do you think if ten or twenty people pass by, one forbidding the evil and another forbidding the evil? How would the state of the one committing the evil be? If one person passes by and says, "My brother, fear Allah," or to a woman, "Fear Allah," and then the second and third, and then the fourth, would this not have an effect on people? Is the Committee necessary? The Committee is not obligated! If the Committee were a million...
You must cooperate with the Committee with kind words, not with violence. With kind words, calling to good, and advice. Violence may increase the severity of the matter. But with kind words: "My brother, fear Allah," "O servant of Allah, fear Allah." This is what is permissible. "Cover yourself, fear Allah," "Stay away from evil." And you, O Abdullah, fear Allah, raise your garments, let your beard grow, fear Allah in such and such, do not flirt with women. That is, the evil you see should be addressed with kind words and good manner, even if they insult you. The matter is easy; they insulted the messengers before you.
The disbelievers insulted the messengers, and it did not harm the messengers. Allah raised their ranks, elevated their status, and multiplied their rewards. You have an example in them. The messengers (peace and blessings be upon them)—the disbelievers mocked Noah, and mocked others, and mocked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Muhammad, and that did not prevent them from calling to Allah and striving in His cause. So you are the same. Are you not followers of the messengers? Are you not Muslims? You have the duty of jihad, and the duty of fearing Allah.
Help the Committee everywhere: the one in Riyadh, the one in Jeddah, the one in Makkah, the one in Madinah, the one in Abha, the one in every place, the one in the villages, and the one in the desert. Help, knowing that he is a soldier among the soldiers of the Muslims. He must fear Allah, enjoin good and forbid evil. The state has not prevented this, and the state is upon the truth, praise be to Allah. But with the noble method, not with confrontations with people. With kind words, not with violence and harshness, so that no greater problems arise.
Why are there no young men from the Committee in the markets to expose corruption in the markets? We ask your Eminence to inform the Committee’s center about this?
Answer:
We ask Allah to help them and grant them success. They have conveyed the message and are aware of it, but we ask Allah to help them and increase their helpers in good. The community should help them. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is not specific to the Committee, my brothers. It is general, not exclusive. Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) says:
The believing men and believing women are allies of one another. They enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong
وَالْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتُ بَعْضُهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءُ بَعْضٍ يَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَيَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِAnd He the Exalted says:
You are the best nation produced [as an example] for mankind. You enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong
كُنْتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِThe Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said in the authentic hadith:
Never a Prophet had been sent before me by Allah towards his nation who had not among his people (his) disciples and companions who followed his ways and obeyed his command. Then there came after them their successors who said whatever they did not practise, and practised whatever they were not commanded to do. He who strove against them with his hand was a believer: he who strove against them with his tongue was a believer, and he who strove against them with his heart was a believer and beyond that there is no faith even to the extent of a mustard seed.
ما بعث الله من نبي في أمة قبلي إلا كان له من أمته حواريون وأصحاب يأخذون بسنته ويقتدون بأمره، ثم إنها تخلف من بعدهم خلوف يقولون ما لا يفعلون، ويفعلون ما لا يؤمرون، فمن جاهدهم بيده؛ فهو مؤمن، ومن جاهدهم بلسانه؛ فهو مؤمن، ومن جاهدهم بقلبه؛ فهو مؤمن، وليس وراء ذلك من الإيمان حبة خردلAnd the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said, as narrated by Muslim in the Sahih:
He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of faith.
من رأى منكم منكرًا؛ فليغيره بيده، فإن لم يستطع؛ فبلسانه، فإن لم يستطع؛ فبقلبه، وذلك أضعف الإيمانWhat do you think if ten or twenty people pass by, one forbidding the evil and another forbidding the evil? How would the state of the one committing the evil be? If one person passes by and says, "My brother, fear Allah," or to a woman, "Fear Allah," and then the second and third, and then the fourth, would this not have an effect on people? Is the Committee necessary? The Committee is not obligated! If the Committee were a million...
You must cooperate with the Committee with kind words, not with violence. With kind words, calling to good, and advice. Violence may increase the severity of the matter. But with kind words: "My brother, fear Allah," "O servant of Allah, fear Allah." This is what is permissible. "Cover yourself, fear Allah," "Stay away from evil." And you, O Abdullah, fear Allah, raise your garments, let your beard grow, fear Allah in such and such, do not flirt with women. That is, the evil you see should be addressed with kind words and good manner, even if they insult you. The matter is easy; they insulted the messengers before you.
The disbelievers insulted the messengers, and it did not harm the messengers. Allah raised their ranks, elevated their status, and multiplied their rewards. You have an example in them. The messengers (peace and blessings be upon them)—the disbelievers mocked Noah, and mocked others, and mocked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) Muhammad, and that did not prevent them from calling to Allah and striving in His cause. So you are the same. Are you not followers of the messengers? Are you not Muslims? You have the duty of jihad, and the duty of fearing Allah.
Help the Committee everywhere: the one in Riyadh, the one in Jeddah, the one in Makkah, the one in Madinah, the one in Abha, the one in every place, the one in the villages, and the one in the desert. Help, knowing that he is a soldier among the soldiers of the Muslims. He must fear Allah, enjoin good and forbid evil. The state has not prevented this, and the state is upon the truth, praise be to Allah. But with the noble method, not with confrontations with people. With kind words, not with violence and harshness, so that no greater problems arise.
Source
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