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hadith 240
Hadith #
240
Book
Mishkāt al-Anwār
Volume
1
Part
Section 1 - On Faith, Islam and Related Issues
Chapter
Chapter 13 - On Enjoining the Right and Forbidding the Wrong
Source
ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭabrisī
۞
Masaedat ibn Sadaqih narrated that Imam Sadiq (a.s) was asked if it was incumbent upon the entire nation to enjoin the right and forbid the wrong. He replied in the negative. They asked him the reason. He said
“It is incumbent upon those who are in power whom the people obey and can distinguish between the right and the wrong. It is not incumbent upon the weak people who do not know how to approach this issue, and might say wrong things about what is right. That is why God says: “Let there arise out of you a band of people inviting to all that is good, enjoining the right, and forbidding what is wrong. [The Holy Quran: Al-i-Imran 3:104]. But this is especial, and not general. As God the Almighty said: “Of the people of Moses there is a chapter who guide and do justice in the light of truth.” [The Holy Quran: Araf 7:159]. He has not said it is for all the people of Moses or all his tribe to enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, even though there were many groups there. And by people it is meant more than one, as God the Almighty said: “Abraham was indeed a model, devoutly obedient to God.” [The Holy Quran: Nahl 16:120]. In this verse it is said that he was obedient to God. Therefore it is not incumbent upon anyone who does not have any power, helpers or followers at peace time.”
وعن مسعدة بن صدقة عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام) قال
سئل عن الأمر بالمعروف والنهي عن المنكر، أواجب هو على هذه الأمة جميعا؟ قال: لا، فقيل: ولم؟ قال: إنما هو على القوي المطاع، العالم بالمعروف من المنكر، لا على الضعفة الذين لا يهتدون سبيلا إلى أي من أي، يقول من الحق أم إلى الباطل، والدليل على ذلك كتاب الله، قول الله عز وجل: ﴿ولتكن منكم أمة يدعون إلى الخير ويأمرون بالمعروف وينهون عن المنكر﴾ فهذا خاص غير عام، كما قال الله تعالى: ﴿ومن قوم موسى أمة يهدون بالحق وبه يعدلون﴾ ولم يقل على أمة موسى ولا على كل قومه ويومئذ أمم مختلفة، والأمة واحد فصاعدا كما قال الله عز وجل: ﴿إن إبراهيم كان أمة قانتا لله﴾ يقول مطيعا لله، وليس على من يعلم ذلك في الهدنة من حرج إذا كان لا قوة له ولا عدد ولا طاعة.
Tags Enjoining Good/Forbidding EvilQur'anProphet Musa (Moses)Imam Ja'far al-SadiqAhl al-Bayt

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