English translation
4004. It was narrated that 'Aishah said: "I heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ say: 'Enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil, before you call'[1] and you are not answered."(Hasan)
Hadith 4004
Enjoining What Is Good And Forbidding What Is Evil
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Darussalam · Volume 5
36. The Chapters On TribulationsSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
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الحديث: 4004 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1327
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Source no. 4004 · Volume 9 · Page 4
Hasan
حسن، التعليق الرغيب (٣ / ١٧٢) ، الرد على بليق (٣٢١)
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4004 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ: «مُرُوا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ، وَانْهَوْا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، قَبْلَ أَنْ تَدْعُوا فَلَا يُسْتَجَابَ لَكُمْ»
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Enjoining good means arousing interest in doing good through appropriate ways. A ruler orders his people, a father orders his children and a husband orders his wife, and they even follow their orders, in that way one cannot order others. If one has the power, he must forbid evil using his power (such as a ruler, parents, husband, etc.), otherwise he should merely advise him (as a scholar exhorts people). Finally, one should abhor it from his heart. Sins impede supplications from being responded to, so making repentance is compulsory.