The Ramifications In Some Situations Related to Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Al-Allamah Abdur Rahman Bin Yahyah Al-Mu’allimee, may Allah have mercy upon him, said:

Some of the people of knowledge hold that when the Christians went to extremes regarding Isa, peace be upon him, some of their scholars feared that if they denounced them for this, they would be accused of something even worse than that, namely, hating Isa and belittling him, the masses would hate and harm them, so this deterred them from denouncing such excesses, leaving the arena clear for Shaytan. Similar to this is the situation of the extremists among the Rafidah, the grave worshippers, and the extremists among the blind followers. (1) [End of quote] [paraphrased]

As for this Ummah of Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, one of their lofty characteristics is enjoining good and forbidding evil. Allah said:

كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ الْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ ۗ وَلَوْ آمَنَ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُم ۚ مِّنْهُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَأَكْثَرُهُمُ الْفَاسِقُونَ

You [true believers in Islamic Monotheism, and real followers of Prophet Muhammad and his Sunnah] are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind; you enjoin Al-Ma’ruf (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam has ordained) and forbid Al-Munkar (polytheism, disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden), and you believe in Allah. And had the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) believed, it would have been better for them; among them are some who have faith, but most of them are Al-Fasiqun (disobedient to Allah – and rebellious against Allah’s Command). [Aal Imran 110]

Clarification By Imam Abdul Azeez Bin Baz, may Allah have mercy upon him

Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil in Different Circumstances: A Shared Concern, but Different Senses of Urgency May Arise

(1) Āthār al-Shaykh al-ʿAllāmah ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yaḥyā al-Muʿallimī 9/110

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