Forbidding Evil While Committing It – Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan’s Clarification
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This article explains Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan’s ruling on forbidding evil even when a person falls into it. It clarifies that one must both abandon sin and continue enjoining good and forbidding evil, avoiding the greater mistake of combining both sins.
Published: March 21, 2026
Last Update: March 21, 2026
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Forbidding Evil While Committing It – Mufti Shaykh Salih Al-Fawzan’s Clarification
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Ahsanal-Laahu ilaykum. The questioner says: "DO I have to forbid the evil, even if I myself perform this evil? Or do I leave this deed so as to not enter into the threat?"
Answer by Al-Allamah AL-Mufti of Islam Shaykh Salih AL Fawzan: "Do not combine two crimes (sins): you perform the evil and you don't forbid it. These are two crimes!
So forbid the evil and [also] leave the evil! It is obligatory upon you to leave the evil.
But do not leave the obligation of forbidding while you are able to [forbid], otherwise you will have combined two crimes. Na'am(yes).
End of speech source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN6j2G2Qm6k
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