Sometimes, out of ignorance, people think that standing before a leader in public & either enjoining him to do good or forbid him from doing evil is a sign of heroism. To worsen the situation, activists full of ignorance of the religion think religion is activism.
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Islamic scholars are learned people. Allah Has given them the best of knowledge that you can't pick on the streets. Thus, they use that knowledge as a guide, even though they are human & they make mistakes, yet they're obviously better than those who lack the knowledge/guidance.
Sa’id ibn Jubayr reported: I asked Ibn Abbas (RA), “Shall I enjoin good and forbid evil upon the ruler?”
Ibn Abbas said:
If you must do so, then do it between you and him privately.
Source: al-Amr bil-Maʻrūf li-Ibn Abī Dunyā 80.
Ibn Abbas said:
If you must do so, then do it between you and him privately.
Source: al-Amr bil-Maʻrūf li-Ibn Abī Dunyā 80.
The aim of admonishing an individual isn't to humiliate the person, rather to make him take the correction, for his good & the good of others. Enjoining good and forbidding evil is a trial, a burden, it isn't activism. It is done with knowledge & character.
Imam Hasanul Basari (RH) was reported to have in Tabaqatil Kubrah that:
If people had patience when they are afflicted with trials from their ruler, it would not be long before Allah gives them a way out. Yet they rush to their swords, so they are left to their swords.
If people had patience when they are afflicted with trials from their ruler, it would not be long before Allah gives them a way out. Yet they rush to their swords, so they are left to their swords.
The scholars measure the consequences of what they say in public, especially against a leader. On the side of the leader, he might feel humiliated & become more arrogant or even harm the person saying it. In such a situation, the religion prohibits the preacher from public
condemnations. It is also possible that the public condemnation of the leader in public may brew up rebellion from the followers, one that could lead to mayhem & killings, again, the religion prohibits that.
Let me assure you that, if you think you are more brave than these scholars, you are deceiving yourself. To majority of them in the field of struggle, you are nobody. The heat they can take & tolerate, and which they have tolerated, you can never go close to it. However, they are
guided by the knowledge they carry and the burden on their shoulders. Islamic scholarship isn't Twitter or street activism.
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