Conditions for Commanding the Good and Forbiding the Evil

قَالَ القَاضِي أَبُو يَعْلَى: لا يَأْمُرُ بِالمَعْ رُوفِ وَ يَنْهى عَنِ المُنْكَرِ إِ لاَّ،

مَنْ كَانَا فَقِيهاً فِمَا يَأْمُرُ بِهِ فَقِيهاً فِمَا يَنْهَى عَنْهُ.

رَفِيْقاً فِمَا يَأْمُرُبِهِ رَفِيقاً فِمَا يَنْهَى عَنْهُ.

حَلِيماً فِمَا يَأْمُرُبِهِ حَلِيماً فِمَا يَنْهَى عَنْهُ.



The judge Abu Yalaa said: Do not command with the good and forbids upon the evil unless,

· An individual were to have a understanding before he commands with it [i.e. the good] and a understanding before he forbids upon it [i.e. the evil ]

· And he has gentleness before he commands with it [ i.e. the good] and gentleness before he forbids upon it [i.e. the evil]

· And he has patients before he commands with it [ i.e. the good] and patients before he forbids upon it [i.e. the evil ]



Taken from : “Commanding The Good And Forbiding the Evil” Ibn Taymiyyah mentioned it in this book and sourced it in “Qadhee Aboo Ya’laa’s al-Mu’tamad