Enjoining right and forbidding wrong
Contents
INTRODUCTION
ENJOINING RIGHT: OUR PROPHET AND THOSE BEFORE HIMN
THIS NATION IS THE BEST NATION FOR THE PEOPLE
WHAT IS MA’RUF (RIGHT) AND MUNKAR (WRONG)?
LET YOUR ENJOINING OF GOOD BE ITSELF GOOD
BENEFITS MUST OUTWEIGH NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES
METHODOLOGY OF ENJOINING RIGHT AND FORBIDDING WRONG
PITFALLS OF ENJOINING RIGHT AND FORBIDDING WRONG
REBELLION AGAINST THE IMAM OF THE MUSLIMS
THE GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF ENJOINING AND FORBIDDING
IT IS OBLIGATORY TO MEASURE ALL THINGS BY THE CRITERION OF THE SHARI’A
THE LOVE OF GOOD SHOULD BE IN HARMONY WITH WHAT ALLAH LOVES
THE LOVE AND HATE OF THE HEART
WHAT EXACTLY IS HAWAA
THE FOLLOWING OF HAWAA IN THE PREVIOUS RELIGIONS
WHAT A PERSON LOVES AND HATES MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ORDER OF ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET (SAS)
WHAT ARE “GOOD WORKS”?
ACTION IS NOT POSSIBLE EXCEPT WITH KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
COMPASSION, PATIENCE AND FORBEARANCE ARE REQUIRED IN ENJOINING RIGHT
THE DIFFICULTY OF THESE REQUIREMENTS
DISOBEDIENCE TO ALLAH CAUSES DIFFICULTY, OBEDIENCE CAUSES EASE
ALLAH’S PUNISHMENT OF THE PREVIOUS NATIONS FOR THEIR DISOBEDIENCE
PUNISHMENT OF THE EVIL-DOERS IN THIS WORLD AND THE NEXT
PROMISES AND THREATS OF PUNISHMENT WERE THE FIRST PART OF REVELATION
DIFFERENCES ABOUT ENJOINING AND FORBIDDING ARE THE CAUSE OF DIVISION
SINS ARE DESIRED BY HUMAN NATURE
GREED IS THE CAUSE OF SLIPPING INTO DEVIATION
TYPES OF SINS
SUCCESS IN WORLDLY AFFAIRS IS BY JUSTICE
HUMAN NATURE: TYRANNY, ENVY AND OPPRESSION
CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE IN THIS ISSUE
GOOD MUST SUPPORT GOOD AS BAD SUPPORTS BAD
EVIL MUST BE MET WITH GOOD
THE SEVERITY OF THE TEST CAUSES ELEVATION OF RANK
PATIENCE IS NECESSARY IN THE DOING OF GOOD
THE NEED FOR CERTAINTY OF BELIEF
CRITICISM OF MISERLINESS AND COWARDICE
TYPES OF MISERLINESS
CRITICISM OF COWARDICE
HUMAN AFFAIRS WILL NOT GO STRAIGHT EXCEPT WITH COURAGE AND GENEROSITY
WHAT IS COURAGE?
A RETURN TO PATIENCE AND ITS TYPES
THE FORBIDDANCE OF TRANSGRESSING THE BOUNDS
FERVOR AND COURAGE WHICH IS PRAISEWORTHY
THE CHARACTER NEEDED BY THE BELIEVER
FEAR OF FALLING INTO TEMPTATION AS AN EXCUSE FOR NEGLECTING ENJOINING RIGHT
EVERY HUMAN BEING IS IN NEED OF ENJOINING AND FORBIDDING
THE SONS OF ADAM DO NOT LIVE EXCEPT IN SOCIETIES
THIS ENJOINING MUST BE WITH THAT WHICH ALLAH AND HIS PROPHET HAVE ENJOINED
WHO ARE “THOSE IN AUTHORITY AMONG YOU” WHO ENJOIN WHAT IS RIGHT?
PURE INTENTION TO PLEASE ALLAH IS REQUIRED IN ALL RIGHTEOUS DEEDS
ALLAH DOES NOT ACCEPT OTHER THAN ISLAM FROM ANYONE
THE MEANINGS OF ISLAM
THE MEANING OF SUBMITTING ONE’S FACE TO ALLAH
DEFINITION OF RIGHTEOUS ACTION
THE MEANING OF THE “SUNNAH” IN THE DISCOURSES OF THE SALAF
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