|
Forbidding the evil whilst maintaining
ties and giving da'wah
*Please appropriately reference
this fatwa to: www.fatwa-online.com, thankyou!*
Question: How do we combine
(the acts of) forbidding an evil, maintaining ties of
the womb (family ties) and da'wah to Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala)
with leniency and softness (all) at the same time?
Response:
A wise person is able to combine (the acts of) forbidding
an evil, maintaining ties of the womb and da'wah to Allaah with leniency and softness. So he forbids (an
evil) sometimes and remains quiet over some things which
he is able to sustain along the path to that which is good.
We
offer an example (here): There is a man whose father
does some evil deeds, whilst he assists him in certain
permissible issues. Along with this, he (the son) reminds
him of some things and says to him, for example:
“If
a person does such and such, then his eemaan decreases,
and quite possibly he may be punished in this world
before the Hereafter.”
And it is
possible his father may realise his son is implying him,
and may take caution (against such acts). (As a result)
he would love his son for being lenient and not being so
upfront, and Allaah (Subhaanahu
wa Ta'aala) may well guide
him.
Shaykh Ibn ‘Uthaymeen
as-Sahwah al-Islaamiyyah - Question 63, Page 199
|
