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ENJOINING RIGHT AND FORBIDDING WRONG

BY: IBN TAIMIYA

Translated by:  Salim Morgan

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INTRODUCTIONENJOINING RIGHT: OUR PROPHET AND THOSE BEFORE HIMTHIS NATION IS THE BEST NATION FOR THE PEOPLEWHAT IS MA’RUF (RIGHT) AND MUNKAR (WRONG)?LET YOUR ENJOINING OF GOOD BE ITSELF GOODBENEFITS MUST OUTWEIGH NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCESMETHODOLOGY OF ENJOINING RIGHT AND FORBIDDING WRONGPITFALLS OF ENJOINING RIGHT AND FORBIDDING WRONGREBELLION AGAINST THE IMAM OF THE MUSLIMSTHE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF ENJOINING AND FORBIDDINGIT IS OBLIGATORY TO MEASURE ALL THINGS BY THE CRITERION OF THE SHARI’ATHE LOVE OF GOOD SHOULD BE IN HARMONY WITH WHAT ALLAH LOVESTHE LOVE AND HATE OF THE HEARTWHAT EXACTLY IS HAWAATHE FOLLOWING OF HAWAA IN THE PREVIOUS RELIGIONSWHAT A PERSON LOVES AND HATES MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDER OF ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET (SAS)WHAT ARE “GOOD WORKS”?ACTION IS NOT POSSIBLE EXCEPT WITH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDINGCOMPASSION, PATIENCE AND FORBEARANCE ARE REQUIRED IN ENJOINING RIGHTTHE DIFFICULTY OF THESE REQUIREMENTSDISOBEDIENCE TO ALLAH CAUSES DIFFICULTY, OBEDIENCE CAUSES EASEALLAH’S PUNISHMENT OF THE PREVIOUS NATIONS FOR THEIR DISOBEDIENCEPUNISHMENT OF THE EVIL-DOERS IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXTPROMISES AND THREATS OF PUNISHMENT WERE THE FIRST PART OF REVELATIONDIFFERENCES ABOUT ENJOINING AND FORBIDDING ARE THE CAUSE OF DIVISIONSINS ARE DESIRED BY HUMAN NATUREGREED IS THE CAUSE OF SLIPPING INTO DEVIATIONTYPES OF SINSSUCCESS IN WORLDLY AFFAIRS IS BY JUSTICEHUMAN NATURE: TYRANNY, ENVY AND OPPRESSIONCATEGORIES OF PEOPLE IN THIS ISSUEGOOD MUST SUPPORT GOOD AS BAD SUPPORTS BADEVIL MUST BE MET WITH GOODTHE SEVERITY OF THE TEST CAUSES ELEVATION OF RANKPATIENCE IS NECESSARY IN THE DOING OF GOODTHE NEED FOR CERTAINTY OF BELIEFCRITICISM OF MISERLINESS AND COWARDICETYPES OF MISERLINESSCRITICISM OF COWARDICEHUMAN AFFAIRS WILL NOT GO STRAIGHT EXCEPT WITH COURAGE AND GENEROSITYWHAT IS COURAGE?A RETURN TO PATIENCE AND ITS TYPESTHE FORBIDDANCE OF TRANSGRESSING THE BOUNDSFERVOR AND COURAGE WHICH IS PRAISEWORTHYTHE CHARACTER NEEDED BY THE BELIEVERFEAR OF FALLING INTO TEMPTATION AS AN EXCUSE FOR NEGLECTING ENJOINING RIGHTEVERY HUMAN BEING IS IN NEED OF ENJOINING AND FORBIDDINGTHE SONS OF ADAM DO NOT LIVE EXCEPT IN SOCIETIESTHIS ENJOINING MUST BE WITH THAT WHICH ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET HAVE ENJOINEDWHO ARE “THOSE IN AUTHORITY AMONG YOU” WHO ENJOIN WHAT IS RIGHT?PURE INTENTION TO PLEASE ALLAH IS REQUIRED IN ALL RIGHTEOUS DEEDSALLAH DOES NOT ACCEPT OTHER THAN ISLAM FROM ANYONETHE MEANINGS OF ISLAMTHE MEANING OF SUBMITTING ONE’S FACE TO ALLAHDEFINITION OF RIGHTEOUS ACTIONTHE MEANING OF THE “SUNNAH” IN THE DISCOURSES OF THE SALAF