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Chapter Two
The Principles of Enjoining Good and its Conditions
Know that the principles in all citizen‟s arrest (hisbah) of comprehensive
obligation towards enjoining good and forbidding evil are four:
Al muhtasab (one for, which you can expect reward in the Hereafter) He should
be a faithful Muslim and true believer who is fair and just, who has attained full
age, is of sound mind and able.
Al muhtasab alayh: Any human who commits a forbidden sin.
Al muhtasab fi: Every forbidden evil, which presents itself to you, and is known to
be forbidden, which is openly evident to you. If anyone commits a sin inside his
own house, closing his doors upon himself, it is not permissible for another
person to spy upon him. Allah, the Almighty has forbidden that: “O you who
Chapter Two
The Principles of Enjoining Good and its Conditions
Know that the principles in all citizen‟s arrest (hisbah) of comprehensive
obligation towards enjoining good and forbidding evil are four:
Al muhtasab (one for, which you can expect reward in the Hereafter) He should
be a faithful Muslim and true believer who is fair and just, who has attained full
age, is of sound mind and able.
Al muhtasab alayh: Any human who commits a forbidden sin.
Al muhtasab fi: Every forbidden evil, which presents itself to you, and is known to
be forbidden, which is openly evident to you. If anyone commits a sin inside his
own house, closing his doors upon himself, it is not permissible for another
person to spy upon him. Allah, the Almighty has forbidden that: “O you who