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Promoting Good and Forbidding Evil
Question asked by Anonymous.
Posted on: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 - Hits: 3078

Question:
If a Muslim is performing his obligation to promote good and forbid evil, and the government of the land is not letting him perform this obligation, and is promoting vice, what is the responsibility of those who have knowledge.

Answer:
The obligation to promote good and forbid evil has to be discharged by every Muslim in the sphere of his authority with force if needed and outside of his authority he has to restrict his efforts only to exhortation and advice where possible. He may not force others to follow what he believes to be right.

Now if he is trying to discharge this obligation while remaining within limits and the government still does not allow him do so he should peacefully protest on usurpation of his fundamental rights and try to influence the public opinion.
As for the responsibility of the scholars they must always speak out what is right. They must educate the pubic and try to make the rulers realize that what they are doing is against religious, moral and political dictates.

Regards,

Tariq Mahmood Hashmi
Research Assistant, Studying Islam

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