What is the ruling on what some young people do during the academic year, separating women from men in the street, which may lead to harm from the government?
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The questioner : Similarly, this question is related to another question, O Shaykh. Some young people, during the academic year, stand in the street and separate the girls from the men or from the young men. These are bearded young men; the girls walk on their own and the young men walk on their own. This thing brings you harm from the government and may cause some problems with people?
The Shaykh : The important thing is that the hadith is clear:Sahih Muslim 49a; meaning, the truth is that enjoining good and forbidding evil has degrees, as you know from the authentic hadith: Al-Mustadrak lil-Hakim 48:281. People differ in this area, first in terms of the strength and weakness of their faith, second in terms of their understanding of da'wah, second in terms of their understanding of da'wah. He may see that it is part of the understanding of da'wah, even if he may be strong in faith, that it is not appropriate now to change the evil by hand, because a greater harm will result from this change than the benefit that usually results from enjoining good and forbidding evil. We recently, I mean, we delivered a speech that pleased the attendees in Zarqa regarding this specific issue, and it was recorded. We mentioned the hadith whose authenticity is agreed upon, the hadith of A'ishah: to the end of the hadith. We said that the Messenger was in a position of strength and capability to rebuild the Ka'bah, yet he did not do so because he feared that a fitnah would result from this adjustment, so he left the Ka'bah on the structure of the polytheists in the custom of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. And this is sufficient, and praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds.
The Shaykh : The important thing is that the hadith is clear:
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.
مَن رأى منكم منكرًا فليغيِّره بيده ، فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه ، فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه ؛ وذلك أضعف الإيمانThe best jihad is a word of truth in the presence of a tyrannical ruler.
أفضل الجهاد كلمة حقٍّ عند سلطان جائرIf it were not that your people are newly converted from shirk, I would have demolished the Ka'bah and built it on the foundation of Ibrahim (peace be upon him).
لولا أنَّ قومك حديثو بالشرك لَهَدَمْتُ الكعبة ، ولَبَنَيْتُها على أساس إبراهيم - عليه السلام -
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