In that case you will supplicate to Allah and He will not respond to you.

In that case you will supplicate to Allah and He will not respond to you.” Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) said: “What an evil people are they who oppose enjoining good and forbidding wrong.” He (a.s.) also said: “Surely exhorting good and forbidding wrong are the path of the prophets and the method of the virtuous.

They are major obligations upon which the other obligations are established, ways are made secure, trade is made lawful, things that which have been usurped are returned, the earth becomes civilized, one can combat the enemy, and affairs are corrected. So you must hate and deny evil in your hearts, denounce it with your tongues, forbid it with your hands, and do not fear the blame of anyone in this regard for the sake of Allah.

If the wrongdoers stop and return to right action, then you will have no power over them. ‘The way (to blame) is only against those who oppress men and revolt in the earth unjustly; these shall have a painful chastisement.’ [^1] “So you should oppose them by your organs and abhor them in your hearts while not seeking power or victory over them, nor any profit until they return to obeying the commands of Allah and continue with obeying Him.” He (a.s.) and Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “Woe upon a people who do not obey Allah through enjoining right and forbidding evil.” Imam Ja’far al-Sadiq (a.s.) said: “A man came to the Messenger of Allah and said: ‘My mother is not a chaste woman.’ The Prophet (S) said: ‘Do not let her out.’ The man said: ‘I did so, but it was not sufficient.’ The Messenger (S) said: “Then prevent people from coming to visit her.’ He said: ‘I did so, but it was not sufficient.’ The Prophet (S) said: ‘Imprison her; because you cannot do any better good to her than preventing her from committing a grave (mortal) sin in front of Allah the Almighty.” [^1]: The Qur’an 42:42.