What conditions are required for enjoining good and forbidding evil?
2026-09-21
T99 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
Selected explanation · Selected source passage(s) — fully translated
The fifth point in a longer discussion of Qur’an 5:105. This excerpt does not present itself as the entire list. The English translates every displayed Arabic paragraph; this selection is not the complete surrounding work. Square brackets identify translator-supplied clarification.
النص العربي
المقتطف
"الْخَامِسُ" أَنْ يَقُومَ بِالْأَمْرِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَلَى الْوَجْهِ الْمَشْرُوعِ مِنْ الْعِلْمِ وَالرِّفْقِ وَالصَّبْرِ وَحُسْنِ الْقَصْدِ وَسُلُوكِ السَّبِيلِ الْقَصْدِ فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ دَاخِلٌ فِي قَوْلِهِ: {عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ} وَفِي قَوْلِهِ: {إذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ} .
English translation
English translation reviewed against the displayed Arabic by SalafAlSalih editorial preparation (AI-assisted); explanatory additions appear in square brackets or separate notes.
Selected explanation
Fifth: that one undertakes commanding and forbidding in the prescribed manner, with knowledge, gentleness, patience, a sound intention, and following a balanced course. This is included in His statement, “Attend to yourselves,” and in His statement, “When you are rightly guided.”
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 14/482
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic passage checked against the cited volume and printed page. English reviewed against every displayed Arabic paragraph on 14 October 2026.