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Warning
against something and then doing it myself
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Question:
If I exhort my brothers and warn them against some sins, but
fall into these sins myself, am I considered a hypocrite?
Please advise me, (and) may Allaah reward you with good.
Response:
It is obligatory upon you to repent from the sins and exhort
your brothers against them. And it is not permissible for
you to continue (committing) sins and not advise your brothers,
because (doing) this is combining two sins. So it is upon
you to repent to Allaah from that, in addition to advising
your brothers. This does not make you a hypocrite, however,
it does place you in that (state) which is condemned as blameworthy
by Allaah in His (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) saying:
{Most
hateful it is with Allaah that you say that which you do not
do}, [Soorah
as-Saff, Aayah
3];
{Enjoin
you al-Birr (piety and righteousness and each and every act
of obedience to Allaah) on the people and you forget (to practise
it) yourselves, while you recite the Scripture! Have you then
no sense?}, [Soorah
al-Baqarah, Aayah
44]
And
with Allaah lies all success and may Allaah send prayers and
salutations upon our Prophet (sal-Allaahu
`alayhe wa sallam) and his family and his companions.
The
Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa,
comprising -
Head: Shaykh
'Abdul 'Azeez Ibn Abdullaah Ibn Baaz;
Member:
Shaykh
'Abdullaah Ibn Ghudayyaan
Member: Shaykh
Saalih Ibn Fowzaan;
Member: Shaykh
'Abdul-'Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh;
Member: Shaykh Bakar 'Abdullaah Abu Zayd
Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa.imah lil-Buhooth al-'Ilmiyyah wal-Iftaa.,
- Volume 12, Page 268, Question 2 of Fatwa No.16920
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