Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 73

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابٌ فِي الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

(from previous page) ⟵ Ahmad (4/315) and Al-Nasa'i extracted it: The Book of Allegiance, Chapter on the Virtue of One Who Speaks the Truth Before a Tyrannical Leader, Chapter on Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil.

ذَلِكَ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَكِيلَهُ وَشَرِيبَهُ وَقَعِيدَهُ، فَلَمَّا فَعَلُوا ذَلِكَ ضَرَبَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَ بَعْضِهِمْ بِبَعْضٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: لُعِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى لِسَانِ دَاوُدَ وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ذَلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ كَانُوا لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَنْ مُنْكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ تَرَى كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَبِئْسَ مَا قَدَّمَتْ لَهُمْ أَنْفُسُهُمْ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: فَاسِقُونَ ) (الْمَائِدَةُ: ٧٨-٨١)

This refers to one who eats, drinks, and sits with them. When they did so, Allah caused their hearts to clash. He then said: 'Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and Jesus, son of Mary. That is because they disobeyed and used to transgress. They did not prevent one another from the wrongdoing they committed. How wretched was their conduct. You see many of them taking the disbelievers as allies. How wretched is that which they have sent ahead for themselves,' up to His saying: '...defiantly disobedient' (Al-Ma'idah: 78-81).

ثُمَّ قَالَ: كَلَّا، وَاللَّهِ لَتَأْمُرُنَّ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلَتَنْهَوُنَّ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ، وَلَتَأْخُذُنَّ عَلَى يَدِ الظَّالِمِ، وَلَتَأْطِرُنَّهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ أَطْرًا، وَلَتَقْصُرُنَّهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ قَصْرًا، أَوْ لَيَضْرِبَنَّ اللَّهُ بِقُلُوبِ بَعْضِكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، ثُمَّ لَيَلْعَنَنَّكُمْ كَمَا لَعَنَهُمْ، رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ، وَقَالَ: «حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ».

He then declared: 'No, by Allah, you must enjoin good and forbid evil. You must take the hand of the oppressor and force him toward the truth, constraining him to it, or Allah will cause your hearts to clash and curse you just as He cursed them.' Narrated by Abu Dawud and Al-Tirmidhi, who classified it as a Hasan (good) Hadith.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (28 verbs · 38 nouns)

• كَانَ — to be
• فَعَلَ — to do
• ضَرَبَ — to strike
• بَابٌ — chapter
• أَمْرٌ — command
• مَعْرُوفٌ — good