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Importance of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil - Al-Shia The Scientific and Cultural Website of Shia belief Importance of Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil 2024-07-11 649 Views Enjoining good , Forbidding evils , Amr bi Mahruf , Nahy an Munkar In Islam, the act of enjoining good and forbidding wrong [al-amru bi al-maʿrūfi wa-n-nahyu ʿani-l-munkari) are two important and obligatory duties based on the categorical directives from the Qur’an and Hadith.

Therefore, we shall look at the significance, manners, conditions, effects, and blessings of enjoining good and forbidden evils. Contents Manners and Conditions Enjoining the Good, Is a Sign of the best Nation Effects And Blessings In the Holy Qur’an, Allah says: “And there may spring from you a nation who invite to goodness, and enjoin right conduct and forbid indecency.

Such are they who are successful.” (Al-Imran 3:104) Enjoining right conduct means advice to do good, forbid indecency and arrest or detain the doing of evil. The accomplishment of these two orders is not limited to a specific age group, and thus Luqman (PBUH) says to his son: “O my dear son!

Establish worship and enjoin kindness and forbid iniquity…” (Luqman 31:17) Enjoining good is a sign of love for the faith, love for the people, a desire for the wellbeing of society and a sign of freedom of expression, religious zeal, a friendly association with other people, a sign of an awakened natural instinct, general control and presence in the society.

Enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is the reason for the encouragement of those who do good, making aware those who were ignorant, being aware for the prevention of offenses and the formation of a form of societal control. The Holy Qur’an states: You are the best nation ever brought forth to men, bidding to honour, and forbidding dishonour (Al Imran 3:110). Imam Ali (PBUH) states that enjoining the good and forbidding the evil is in the interest of the public (Nahjul Balagha, Hikmah 252).

Likewise in another narration, we read anyone who does not stand against evil is like someone who leaves an injured on the road until they pass away (Kanz al Ummal, Vol. 3, P 170).