Enjoining Right And Forbidding Wrong
Tradition n. 158
قالَ اللّه تَعالى :
وَلتَكُن مّـِنكُم اُمَّةٌ يد عُونَ إِلى الخَيرِ وَ يأ مُـرُونَ بِالمَعـرُوفِ وَ يَنهَونَ عَنِ المُنكَرِ وَ اُولـئِكَ هُمُ المُفلِحُونَ.
Allah (SwT) said:
And from among you there should be a party who invite to good and enjoin what is right and forbid the wrong, and these it is that shall be successful. (Sura Aali 'lmran, 3:104).
Tradition n. 159
قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:
إذا اُمَّتي تَواكَلَتِ الأمرَ بِالمَعرُوفِ وَ النَّهيَ عَنِ المُنكَرِ فَل تأ ذَن بِوِقاعٍ مِنَ اللهِ تَعالى.
The Holy Prophet (S) said: “The time when my Ummah (Muslim followers) merely count on others to enjoin right and forbid wrong, in fact, they have declared a Fiqht against Allah, the Exalted.”
Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 100, p. 92
Tradition n. 160
قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :
مَن تَرَكَ اِنكارَ المُنكَرِ بِقَلبِـهِ وَ لِسانِهِ وَ يَـدِهِ فَهُـوَ مَيِّـتٌ بَيـنَ الأحياءِ.
Imam Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “He who abandons forbidding what is wrong theoretically and practically (and is indifferent while seeing vices committed) is a moving corpse amongst the living.”
Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 100, p. 94
Tradition n. 161
قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:
لَرَدُّ المُؤمِنِ حَراماً يَعدِلُ عِندَالله سَبعينَ حِجَّةً مَبرُورَةً.
The Holy Prophet (S) said: “To prevent a Muslim from doing an unlawful action is equivalent with Allah to the performance of seventy accepted Hajj.”
Mustadrak Al-Wasa’il ash-Shi’a, vol. 11, p. 278
Tradition n. 162
قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :
وَأ مُـر بِالمَعـرُوفِ تَكُـن مِن أَهلِـهِ، وَ أَنكِـرِ المُنكَـرَ بِيَـدِكَ وَ لِسَانِـكَ، وَ بايِـن مَن فَعَلَـهُ بِجُهـدِكَ، وَ جَاهِـد فِي اللهَ حَـقَّ جِهادِهِ، وَ لا تَأ خُـذ كَ فِي الله لَومَةُ لائِـمٍ وَخُـضِ الغَمَـراتِ لِلحَقِّ حَيثُ كانَ.
Imam Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “Ask others to do good; you will thus be among the good doers. Desist others from evil with your action as well as your speech, and stay away, to the best of your ability, from he who commits it. Struggle for Allah as is His due1; and do not allow blame, criticism, or reproach from others to prevent you from acting for the sake of Allah2. Leap into danger for the sake of right wherever it may be.”
Nahjul Balagha, p. 392 letter 31
Tradition n. 163
قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :
اِنَّ الأمرَ بِالمَعـرُوفِ وَ النَّهـيَ عَـنِ المُنكَـرِ سَبِيـلُ الأنبِياءِ، وَ مِنهاجُ الصلَحاءِ، فَرِيضَةٌ عَظيمَةٌ بِها تُقامُ الفَرائِـضُ، وَ تُأ مَـنُ المَذاهِبُ وَ تُحَلُّ المَكاسِبُ وَ تُرَدُّ المَظالِمُ وَ تُعمَرُ الأرضُ.
Imam al-Baqir (‘a) said: “Verily, enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong is the way of prophets and the method of good doers. It is such a great obligatory deed (wajib) by which other obligatory deeds can survive, other creeds can be saved, bargains are lawful, injustices are warded off, and prosperity can fill the earth...”
Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 56
Tradition n. 164
قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :
قِوامُ الشَّرِيعَة، الأمرُ بِالمَعرُوفِ وَ النَّهـيُ عَنِ المُنكَـرِ وَ إقامَةُ الحُدُودِ.
Imam Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “The firmness of the religion is due to enjoining what is good and forbidding what is wrong, and observing the limits of Allah.
Ghurar al-Hikam, p. 236
Tradition n. 165
قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:
مَـن رَآى مُنكَـراً فَليُنكِـرهُ بِيَـدِهِ اِنِ استَطاعَ، فَاِن لَـم يَستَطِـع فَبِلِسانِهِ، فَاِن لَم يَستَطِع فَبِقَلبِهِ.
The Holy Prophet (S) said: “The one who sees a wrong action done should prohibit it by his deed, if he is capable, of course; and if he cannot do that, he should prohibit it by his tongue, but if he is not able to do even that, he may forbid it by his heart.”
Wasa’il ash-Shi’a, vol. 16, p. 135
Tradition n. 166
قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:
مَن اَمَرَ بِالمَعـرُوفِ وَ نَهى عَنِ المُنكَـرِ فَهُـوَ خَلِيفَة الله فِي الأرضِ وَ خَلِيفَة رَسُولِهِ.
The Holy Prophet (S) said: “He who enjoins right and prohibits wrong is the vicegerent of both Allah and His Messenger on the earth.”
Mustadrak al-Wasa'il, vol. 12, p. 179
Tradition n. 167
قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:
لا تَزَالُ اُمَّتِي بِخَيـرٍ مـا اَمَروُا بِالمَعـرُوفِ وَ نَهَو ا عَنِ المُنكَـرِ وَ تَعاوَنُوا عَلَى البِرِّ وَالتَّقوى فَإذا لَم يَفعَلـُوا ذلِـكَ نُزِعَت مِنهُمُ البَرَكاتُ.
The Holy Prophet (S) said: “Whensoever my Ummah undertake to enjoin right and prohibit evil and associate in establishing benevolence, they live happily and prosperously; but when they stop doing so, the blessings will be taken off from them.”
At-Tahthib, vol. 6, p. 181
Tradition n. 168
مِن وَصِيَّة الإمامِ اَميرِ المُؤمِنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام لِلحَسَنِ وَالحُسَينِ عليهمَ السَّلامُ لَمّا ضَرَبَهُ اِبنُ مُلجَمٍ لَعَنَهُ اللّهُ:
وَاللّهَ اللّهَ فِي الجِهادِ بِأَموالِكُم وَ أَنفُسِكُم وَ أَلسِنَتِكُم في سَبيلِ الله،... لا تَترُكُوا الأمرَ بِالمَعـرُوفِ وَالنَّهـيَ عَنِ المُنكَرِ فَيُوَلّى عَلَيكُم شِرارُكُم ثُمَّ تَدعُونَ فَلا يُستَجابُ لَكُم.
Imam Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said to Imam al-Hasan and Imam al-Husayn (‘a) when Ibn Muljam (the curse of Allah be upon him) struck him (fatally with a sword): “... Fear Allah (and again) fear Allah in the matter of Jihad, (struggle for the Holy War), with the help of your property, lives and speech in the way of Allah...”
“Do not give up bidding for good and forbidding from evil lest the mischievous gain positions over you, and then (in that case) when you pray, your invocations will not be granted to you.
Nahjul Balagha, Letter 47, p. 422
Tradition n. 169
قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيّ عليه السلام :
الأمرُ بِالمَعرُوفِ اَفضَلُ اَعمالِ الخَلقِ.
Imam Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “Enjoining good is the most excellent deed of people.”
Mustadrak al-Wasa'il, vol. 12, p.185
Tradition n. 170
قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :
وَ ما اَعمالُ البِرِّ كُلُّها وَالجِهادُ في سَبيلِ الله عِندَ الأمرِ بِالمَعرُوفِ وَالنَّهيِ عَنِ المُنكَرِ إلاّ كَنَفثَةٍ في بَحرٍ لُجِّيٍّ.
Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “All good deeds totally, including even the struggle in the Holy War in the way of Allah, comparing with enjoining right and forbidding wrong, is like a small amount of saliva compared with a deep ocean.
Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 100, p. 89
Tradition n. 171
قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :
اَوحَى اللّه عَزَّوَجَلَّ إِلى شُعَيبٍ النَّبِـيِّ عليه السلام : اِنّي مُعَذِّبٌ مِـن قَومِكَ مِائَة اَلـفٍ، اَربَعِيـنَ اَلفـًا مِن شِرارِهِم وَ سِتّيـنَ اَلفـًا مِن خِيارِهـِم. فَقالَ يا رَبِّ، هـؤُلاءِ الأشـرارُ، فَمـا بالُ الأخيارِ؟ فَاَوحَى اللّه عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ اِلَيهِ: داهَنُوا اَهلَ المَعاصي وَلَم يَغضِبُو لِغَضَبي.
Imam al-Baqir, the fifth Imam, (‘a) said: “ Allah, Almighty and Glorious, revealed to Prophet Jethro (Shu'ayb) (‘a): 'I will punish one hundred thousand people of your folk. Forty thousand people are from their vicious ones but sixty-thousands of them are from their good-doers. Jethro (‘a) inquired: 'These are the vicious (who deserve punishment), but what about the good-doers?' Then, Allah, Almighty and Glorious, revealed to him: 'They (the good-doers) associated with the sinners and did not become angry because of My wrath.”
Al-Kafi, vol. 5, p. 56
Tradition n. 172
قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام :
فَأ مُـرُوا بِالمَعـرُوفِ وَان هَـو ا عَـنِ المُنكَـرِ وَاعلَمُـوا أَن الأمـرَ بِالمَعروُفِ وَالنَّهيَ عَنِ المُنكَرِ لَن يُقَرِّبا اَجَلاً وَلَن يَقطَعا رِزقًا.
Imam Amir Al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “Ask others to do good and forbid evil and do know that 'enjoining right and forbidding wrong' never draws death near nor ceases sustenance.”
Wasa’il ash-Shi’a, vol. 16, p. 120
Tradition n. 173
قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :
وَيلٌ لِقَومٍ لا يُدينُونَ الله بِالأمرِ بِالمَعرُوفِ وَ النَّهيِ عَنِ المُنكَرِ.
Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “Woe to the people who do not support the religion of Allah by enjoining good and forbidding evil.”
Mustadrak Al-Wasa’il ash-Shi’a, vol. 12, p. 181
