Enjoining the good and forbidding the evil

Question

Question: In these critical times, should the ʿulama remain silent, or should they keep giving speeches in the mosques everywhere and at every opportunity? Why are the ʿulama silent?

Answer

Enjoining the good (amr bi’l-maʿruf) and forbidding the evil (nahy ʿan al-munkar) is necessary (lazim), according to each one’s position and capacity.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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