Enjoying Good Forbidding Evil by Sheikh Al Islam Ibn Taimiyyah

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ENJOINING
GOOD
FORBIDDING
EVIL
SHEIKH AL-ISLAM IBN TAIMIYYAH
الفردوس
AL-FIRDOUS
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ISBN 1-874263-85-X
9781874" 263852′
AL-FIRDOUS LIMITED
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LONDON
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Table of Contents
BEACONS OF LIGHT ON THE PATH OF DUA'T ..9
MA'ROOF AND MUNKAR...
Commentary 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 Faith
It is Prohibited to Conceal Religious Knowledge..
When is the Transmission of Knowledge Considered an Obligation of Individual Responsibility?..
THE THIRD
The Meaning of the Word (from)..
Enjoining and Forbidding are a Must..
Who Should Undertake the Enjoining and Forbidding.
To Whom Should the Enjoining and Forbidding be Directed. 31
THE FOURTH VERSE...
Why the Best Nation?
Should Enjoining Good and Forbidding Bad Come First?.....
THE FIFTH VERSE..
People of Saturday and People of the Table
The Meaning Of (Forbid).
The First Defect to Permeate the Children of Israel. Enjoining Good Was an Obligation for Earlier Nations.
THE SIXTH
The Analogy in the Verse.....
THE SEVENTH VERSE..
The Three Parties.
The Fate of the Neutral Party.
To Discharge our Duty to Allah.
THE EIGHTH VERSE...
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Beacons of Light on The Path of Dua't
I 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 Munkar
The 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 evi
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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 Munkar
Abu 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."1
This 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 a
Reported by Muslim.