حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

The importance and virtue of enjoining good and forbidding evil, and the consequences of abandoning it: On the authority of Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, may God have mercy on him, he said: It used to be said: God does not punish the general public for the sins of particular individuals, but if evil is committed openly, they all deserve punishment. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 2/312].

The importance and virtue of enjoining good and forbidding evil, and the consequences of abandoning it: On the authority of Ibrahim bin Amr Al-San’ani, may God have mercy on him, he said: God, the Almighty and Majestic, revealed to Joshua bin Nun: I will destroy forty thousand of your people from among the best of them, and sixty thousand of their worst. He said: O Lord, these are the wicked, what about the good? He said: They did not become angry for My anger, and they used to eat and drink with them. [Ibn Abi Al-Dunya Encyclopedia 2/312].

Etiquette and duties of those who enjoin good and forbid evil: On the authority of Abu Qulaba, that Abu Darda’ (may God be pleased with him) passed by a man who had committed a sin, and people were cursing him. He said: “If you found him in a well, wouldn’t you pull him out?” They said: “Yes.” He said: “Then do not curse your brother, and praise God, the Exalted and Majestic, who has spared you.” They said: “Shouldn’t you hate him?” He said: “I only hate his action, but if he abandons it, then he is my brother.” [Narrated by Al-Tabarani. Sifat Al-Safwa 1/304].

Etiquette and duties of those who enjoin good and forbid evil: Ibn Abbas - may God be pleased with them both - was asked about commanding the ruler to do good and forbidding him from evil, and he said: If you must do it, then do it between you and him. [Jami’ al-‘Ulum wa al-Hikam / 107, 108].

Etiquette and duties of those who enjoin good and forbid evil: Abdul Aziz bin Abi Rawad, may God have mercy on him, said: Those who came before you, if a man saw something from his brother, would advise him gently, and he would be rewarded for his advice and his prohibition. But one of these people is harsh with his companion, so he angers his brother and tears away the covering over his faults. [Jami’ al-‘Ulum wa al-Hikam / 107, 108].