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EVERY HUMAN BEING IS IN NEED OF ENJOINING AND FORBIDDING
Every one on the face of the earth must of necessity have enjoining and forbidding. It is a must that he be ordered and forbidden. Even if he was completely alone, he would order himself and forbid — either with what is good, or with what is evil, as Allah said about the human self:
[And, verily the self is ever ordering (one to commit) evil.] Qur’an 12/53
Ordering is in essence requesting a particular action, and intending it, while forbidding is requesting the avoidance of a particular action, and intending it.
