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English translation
2168. Abū Bakr Aṣ-Ṣiddīq said: "O you people! You recite this Āyah: Take care of yourselves! If you follow the guidance no harm shall come to you.[1] I indeed heard the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ saying: 'When the people see the wrongdoer and they do not take him by the hand, then soon Allāh shall envelope you in a punishment from Him.'" (Ṣaḥīh)
(Another chain of narration)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are narrations on this topic from 'Āishah, Umm Salamah, An-Nu'mān bin Bashīr, 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar, and Ḥudhaifah. [And this Hadīth is Ṣaḥīh.] More than one narrator reported narrations similar to the narration of Yazīd from Ismā'īl, some of them narrated it in Marfū' form from Ismā'īl, and some of them narrated it in Mawqūf form.
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[1] Al-Mā'idah 5:105.
Commentary
A person treading the right path puts an onus on him to direct others also to tread the right path and avoid taking the wrong one. If all people collectively decide to take this course, there shall be nothing to hinder their path. In case the society as a whole fails to fulfill this obligation, and there is an individual person who is capable and does his best to fulfill this duty, he will surely save himself from punishment. If no one performs this duty, then the entire community shall be considered sinning and be punished. The reason being that, as we shall read in the next chapter, stopping the wrongdoer from committing wrong is a collective duty that must be performed by all.
