What Has Been Related About Commanding Good And Forbidding Evil
Darussalam · Volume 4
31. Chapters On Al-Fitan From The Messenger Of Allāh ﷺJami at-Tirmidhi Darussalam English translation
الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 41
Source no. 2169 · Volume 5 · Page 169
Hasan
حسن، المشكاة (٥١٤٠)
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2169. Hudhaifah bin Al-Yamān narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said: "By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! Either you command good and forbid evil, or Allāh will soon send upon you a punishment from Him, then you will call upon Him, but He will not respond to you."(Hasan) (Another route for) this chain, with similar meaning. This Hadith is Hasan.
٢١٦٩ - حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ بْنِ الْيَمَانِ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَتَأْمُرُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلَتَنْهَوُنَّ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ» أَوْ لَيُوشِكَنَّ اللهُ أَنْ يَبْعَثَ عَلَيْكُمْ عِقَابًا مِنْهُ، ثُمَّ تَدْعُونَهُ فَلَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَكُمْ. هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ. ٢١٦٩ (م) - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي عَمْرٍو بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ، نَحْوَهُ.
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Commanding good and forbidding evil is a religious, communal and social obligation. The entire body of the people or society has a duty to fulfill this obligation within their ability and responsibility. If the entire body of the people (or society) fails in performing this duty, the entire community shall suffer punishment and any amount of supplication shall fail to avert retribution from Allāh. A condition of civil war in the society is but a facet of this retribution.