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SELECTIONS FROM THE
REVITALISATION OF THE SCIENCES OF RELIGION
Al-Ghazali’s Ihya’ Ulum al-Din
On Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
Chapter One
The Obligation of Enjoining Good Forbidding Evil and its Virtues and the
Evil of Neglecting and Losing it
As for the evidence for enjoining good and forbidding evil in the Koran Allah, the
Almighty said: „Let there be one nation of you that shall call to righteousness,
ordering honor, and forbidding dishonor. Those are the prosperous.” (Koran Ch.
3 verse 104) In this verse the obligation is clear, as Glory be to Him says: “And
be..” this is an order, and the exposition of success is related to the order if it has
been carried out, as He said: “…those they are the successful.” It is shown that
this is a collective duty, not an individual duty and if some have attended to it, the
obligation will be lifted from the others. Since He did not say „be all of you inviting
REVITALISATION OF THE SCIENCES OF RELIGION
Al-Ghazali’s Ihya’ Ulum al-Din
On Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil
Chapter One
The Obligation of Enjoining Good Forbidding Evil and its Virtues and the
Evil of Neglecting and Losing it
As for the evidence for enjoining good and forbidding evil in the Koran Allah, the
Almighty said: „Let there be one nation of you that shall call to righteousness,
ordering honor, and forbidding dishonor. Those are the prosperous.” (Koran Ch.
3 verse 104) In this verse the obligation is clear, as Glory be to Him says: “And
be..” this is an order, and the exposition of success is related to the order if it has
been carried out, as He said: “…those they are the successful.” It is shown that
this is a collective duty, not an individual duty and if some have attended to it, the
obligation will be lifted from the others. Since He did not say „be all of you inviting