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directions and at the same time removes all impediments in the path of virtue. In
order to eradicate evil from society, it prohibits vice and closes all possible doors
from, which it can creep into society.
The Virtues of Enjoining Good
Virtues are classified into three categories:
Mandatory (fard)
Recommended (matlub)
Permissible (mubah)
The mandatory are obligatory and every member of a Muslim society must
observe and practice these commandments. The recommended virtues are
those which are desirable and the Shariah wants them to be observed and
practiced by people. The growth of these is encouraged in a Muslim society but
actual observance is left to the discretion of the individual. All others, which are
not prohibited are permissible and, again, are left to individual taste and social
practice. The person has complete freedom of choice depending upon his own
order to eradicate evil from society, it prohibits vice and closes all possible doors
from, which it can creep into society.
The Virtues of Enjoining Good
Virtues are classified into three categories:
Mandatory (fard)
Recommended (matlub)
Permissible (mubah)
The mandatory are obligatory and every member of a Muslim society must
observe and practice these commandments. The recommended virtues are
those which are desirable and the Shariah wants them to be observed and
practiced by people. The growth of these is encouraged in a Muslim society but
actual observance is left to the discretion of the individual. All others, which are
not prohibited are permissible and, again, are left to individual taste and social
practice. The person has complete freedom of choice depending upon his own