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As for the evidence of enjoining good and forbidding evil in Tradition, Abu Bakr -
may Allah be pleased with him - said in his speech: “O people you are reading
this verse and explaining it contrary to its meaning: „Believers, look after your
own souls, he who goes astray cannot harm you if you are guided. …‟(Koran Ch.
5 verse 105) I have heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, saying:
„Any people who are committing sins and there are among them those who are
able to forbid them from doing that, and he failed to do so, surely Allah will smite
them all with a severe punishment from Him‟.”
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “O people, Allah said:
„You should enjoin good and forbid evil or you will not get any response to your
prayer‟.”
As for the evidence of enjoining good and forbidding evil in the sayings of the
may Allah be pleased with him - said in his speech: “O people you are reading
this verse and explaining it contrary to its meaning: „Believers, look after your
own souls, he who goes astray cannot harm you if you are guided. …‟(Koran Ch.
5 verse 105) I have heard the Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, saying:
„Any people who are committing sins and there are among them those who are
able to forbid them from doing that, and he failed to do so, surely Allah will smite
them all with a severe punishment from Him‟.”
The Prophet, praise and peace be upon him, said: “O people, Allah said:
„You should enjoin good and forbid evil or you will not get any response to your
prayer‟.”
As for the evidence of enjoining good and forbidding evil in the sayings of the