Enjoying Good Forbidding Evil |Sheikh Al Islam Ibn Taimiyyah

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ENJOININGGOODFORBIDDINGEVILSHEIKH AL-ISLAM IBN TAIMIYYAHالفردوسAL-FIRDOUSTable of ContentsBEACONS OF LIGHT ON THE PATH OF DUA'T ..9MA'ROOF AND MUNKAR......9Commentary on The Hadith Pertaining to Changing Munkar 11 REASONS FOR ENJOINING GOOD AND FORBIDDING EVIL GENTLENESS IN EXPRESSING DISAPPROVAL.THE FIRST VERSE.......An Alim's Punishment Is Multiplied.......Which of us Practices What He Preaches. THE SECOND VERSE.....Receiving Payment for Teaching the FaithIt is Prohibited to Conceal Religious Knowledge...When is the Transmission of Knowledge Considered an Obligation of Individual Responsibility?.THE THIRD VERSE......The Meaning of the Word (from)..Enjoining and Forbidding are a Must.151617182122232425272729Who Should Undertake the Enjoining and Forbidding........... 30To Whom Should the Enjoining and Forbidding be Directed. 31 THE FOURTH VERSE.......31Why the Best Nation?.31Should Enjoining Good and Forbidding Bad Come First?..... 32THE FIFTH VERSE.......32People of Saturday and People of the Table33The Meaning Of (Forbid).33The First Defect to Permeate the Children of Israel...34Enjoining Good Was an Obligation for Earlier Nations......... 35THE SIXTH VERSE......36The Analogy in the Verse.....38THE SEVENTH VERSE.39The Three Parties39The Fate of the Neutral Party....40To Discharge our Duty to Allah.41THE EIGHTH VERSEBeacons of Light on The Path of Dua'tI intended to write a few pages about Ibn Taimiyyah and his book 'Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil', but Allah wills that this concise introduction turns out to be a long introduction, aimed at Dua't and 'Beacons of Light' on the path of Dua't.Ma'roof and MunkarThe word Ma'roof was mentioned in the Qur'an 38 times. While the word Munkar was mentioned 16 times.*Ma'roof is a noun used to describe an action which is known, by the intellect or through the Islamic Law, to be good.*Munkar is every action which intellects judge to be bad; or hesitate in describing as either good or evil, in which case it is judged by the Shari'ah to be evil.*It had been said that Ma'roof is a noun that encompasses anything known to be an act of obedience to Allah and which aims at drawing the servant closer to Him and being good to people. Whereas Munkar is its opposite.*It is also said to be a noun that encompasses any act of faith and good deeds that Allah likes.the cases of adultery, back biting, the propagation of tales, falsehood, taking vows in the name of anything other that Allah or His attributes, relying on any, save The Provider, causing harm to people, assisting the oppressive, abandoning prayers, Zakat, fasting or Hajj, and all other similar cases which are commonly known to be wrong. Forbidding people from such things must take place even if the forbidder is in doubt as to whether his words will be of any avail. Allah says: **{Therefore give admonition in case the admonition profits (the hearer)}**Suffian ath-Thawri was once asked: 'Should a man forbid someone whom he knows would not accept the guidance?' He replied: 'Yes, this forbidding is carried (first and foremost) out to fulfil a duty towards Allah.'Commentary on The Hadith Pertaining to Changing MunkarAbu Sa'id al-Khudri, may Allah be pleased with him, reported that the Messenger of Allah had said: 'Whoever amongst you sees anything objectionable, let him change it with his hand, if he is not able, then with his tongue, and if he is not even able to do so, then with his heart, and the latter is the weakest form of faith.'1This Hadith was also transmitted in another form on the authority of 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud who narrated that the Messenger of Allah said: 'Never before me had aReported by Muslim.ISBN 1-874263-85-X9 781874 263852AL-FIRDOUS LIMITED LONDON