Allah forbids munkar

This slide program explains the meaning of Munkar and Maroof. It explains in the light of Quran and Sunnah that we must avoid Munkar and adopt Maroof. We must forbid Munkar and enjoin Maroof

1. Allah commands justice the doing of good and liberality to kith and kin and He forbids all shameful deeds and injustice and rebellion: He instructs you that ye may receive admonition

2. Definition of al-Munkar

3. Ma’ruf (Virtue) & Munkar (Vice ) Ma'ruf proclaims as good and right everything declared by Allah and by His messenger to be so. Taking this definition as the norm, the term Ma'ruf should denote all the virtues and good qualities that have always been accepted as "good" by the pure and unadulterated human conscience. Munkar refers to everything that Allah and His Apostle (peace be upon him) have denounced as evil. In the light of this understanding, it denotes all the sins and evils that have always been condemned by pure human nature as "evil".

4. Categories of Ma’ruf and Munkar

5. Common Moral virtues and vices Justice , Courage , Honesty Truthfulness Compassion , Fidelity , Magnanimity Injustice , Cowardice Dishonesty , Falsehood Selfishness , Cruelty , Miserliness Moral virtues Moral vices

6. Common Moral virtues and vices Perseverance , Determination Dignity, Restraint , Politeness , Amiability Sense of responsibility Devotion Impatience , Fickle-mindedness , Snobbery Misbehaviour Rudeness Incompetence, Slothful Insincerity Moral virtues Moral vices

7. Total plan

8. Complete Code of Life embracing all aspects of human life

9. What is nahi anil munkar?

10. Who is responsible for forbidding evil?

11. Al-Munkar " appears 15 times in Quran Let there arise out of you a group of people inviting to all that is good (Islam), enjoining Al-Ma'ruf (all that Islam orders one to do) and forbidding  Al-Munkar   (all that Islam has forbidden). And it is they who are the successful.  ( سورة آل عمران , Aal-i-Imraan : 3 , 104 )

12. You [true believers) are the best of peoples ever raised up for mankind; you enjoin Al- Ma'ruf and forbid  Al-Munkar   and you believe in Allah . And had the people of the Scripture (Jews and Christians) believed, it would have been better for them; among them are some who have faith, but most of them are Al- Fasiqun (disobedient to Allah).   ( سورة آل عمران , Aal-i-Imraan : 3 , 110 )

13. Quality of righteous They believe in Allah and the Last Day; they enjoin Al-Ma'ruf and forbid  Al-Munkar   and they hasten in (all) good works; and they are among the righteous.  ( سورة آل عمران , Aal-i-Imraan, 3 : 114 )

14. Major Sin of people of the book They used not to forbid one another from  Al-Munkar  (wrong, evil-doing, sins, polytheism, disbelief) which they committed. Vile indeed was what they used to do.  ( سورة المائدة , Al-Maaida, 5 : 79 )

15. One of the duties of the Prophet (SAW) Those who follow the Messenger, the Prophet who can neither read nor write (i.e. Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم ) whom they find written with them in the Taurat ( Deut , xviii 15) and the Injeel (John xiv, 16) , - he commands them for Al- Ma'ruf ; and forbids them from  Al-Munkar ( سورة الأعراف , Al- A'raaf , 7 :  157 )

16. Characteristics of Hypocrites The hypocrites, men and women, are one from another; they enjoin (on the people) Al-Munkar   and forbid (people) from Al-Ma'ruf and they close their hands [from giving alms]. They have forgotten Allah, so He has forgotten them. Verily, the hypocrites are the Fasiqun (rebellious, disobedient to Allah).  ( سورة التوبة , At- Tawba : 9 , 67 )

17. Qualities of believers The believers, men and women, are Auliya ' (helpers, supporters, protectors) of one another; they enjoin (on the people) Al-Ma'ruf , and forbid (people) from  Al-Munkar   ; they perform Salah and give the Zakat, and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah will have His Mercy on them. Surely Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise.  ( سورة التوبة , At-Tawba, 9 : 71 )

18. More Qualities of believers ( The believers whose lives Allah has purchased are) those who turn to Allah in repentance , who worship (Him), who praise (Him), who fast , who bow down (in prayer), who prostrate themselves (in prayer), who enjoin (on people) Al-Ma'ruf and forbid (people) from  Al-Munkar   and who observe the limits set by Allah.And give glad tidings to the believers.  ( سورة التوبة , At- Tawba , 9 : 112 )

19. Qualities of Islamic rulers Those (Muslim rulers) who, if We give them power in the land, (they) enjoin Iqamat-as- Salat , to pay the Zakat and they enjoin Al-Ma'ruf , and forbid  Al-Munkar   . And with Allah rests the end of (all) matters (of creatures).  ( سورة الحج , Al-Hajj, 22 : 41 )

20. Shaytan commands Munkar O you who believe! Follow not the footsteps of Shaytan . And whosoever follows the footsteps of Shaytan , then, verily he commands Al-Fahsha' [i.e. to commit indecency], and  Al-Munkar … ( سورة النور , An-Noor, 24 : 21 )

21. Warning of Prophet LOT to sodomites " Verily, you practice sodomy with men, and rob the wayfarer (travelers)! And practice   Al-Munkar   in your meetings." But his people gave no answer except that they said: "Bring Allah's Torment upon us if you are one of the truthful."  سورة العنكبوت , Al-Ankaboot, 29 : 29

22. Salah prevents from Al-Munkar Recite (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم ) what has been revealed to you of the Book (the Qur'an), and perform As-Salah. Verily, As-Salah prevents from Al-Fahsha' and   Al-Munkar and the remembering (praising) of Allah is greater indeed. And Allah knows what you do not. ( سورة العنكبوت , Al-Ankaboot, 29 : 45 )

23. Luqman’s advice to his son " O my son! P erform As-Salah, enjoin (on people ) Al- Ma'ruf , and forbid (people) from  Al-Munkar   , and bear with patience whatever befalls you. Verily, these are some of the important commandments (ordered by Allah with no exemption).  ( سورة لقمان ,Luqman, 31 : 17 )

24. Who will be saved from “great loss” By (the Token of) time (through the Ages) Verily Man is in loss Except those who believe and do righteous good deeds, and recommend one another to Al- Haq (Ma'ruf which Allah has ordained, and abstain from Al-Munkar ) and recommend one another to patience.   ( سورة العصر , Al- Asr , 103 : 3 )

25. O bligation when you see a Munkar Abu Sa'id al- Khudri (RA) said , "I heard the Messenger(SAW) said,” Whoever among you sees wrongdoing, let him rectify it with his hand. If he is unable, then with his tongue. And if he is incapable of that then with his heart and that is the weakest level of faith .“ (Muslim, Ahmad, Abu-Dawood, Ibn-Majah, Nasai , Tirmidhi) عن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه; قال: سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول: «من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده, فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه, فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه, وذلك أضعف الإيمان» .

26. Curse upon those who do not enjoin good and forbid evil

27. Duas are not answered  

28. Allah sends his chastisement

29. Example of a double deck boat مَثَلُ الْقَائِمِ عَلَى حُدُودِ اللَّهِ وَالْوَاقِعِ فِيهَا أَوْ الْمُدَّهِنِ فِيهَا مَثَلُ قَوْمٍ رَكِبُوا سَفِينَةً فَأَصَابَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَسْفَلَهَا وَأَوْعَرَهَا وَشَرَّهَا وَأَصَابَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَعْلَاهَا فَكَانَ الَّذِينَ فِي أَسْفَلِهَا إِذَا اسْتَقَوْا الْمَاءَ مَرُّوا عَلَى مَنْ فَوْقَهُمْ فَآذَوْهُمْ فَقَالُوا لَوْ خَرَقْنَا فِي نَصِيبِنَا خَرْقًا فَاسْتَقَيْنَا مِنْهُ وَلَمْ نُؤْذِ مَنْ فَوْقَنَا فَإِنْ تَرَكُوهُمْ وَأَمْرَهُمْ هَلَكُوا جَمِيعًا وَإِنْ أَخَذُوا عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمْ نَجَوْا جَمِيعًا

30. Example of a boat The analogy of the one who stands firm at Allah's boundaries, the one who transgresses them and the one who compromises regarding them is like a group of people who boarded a ship. Some of them ended up in the lower and more dangerous sections of the ship while others were above that. Every time those in the lower parts of the ship needed water, they passed by those in the upper parts and inconvenienced them. Then some of them said, "We could make a hole in our portion of the ship and we would be able to get water to drink without bothering those above us." If they were to leave them with this business of theirs, all of them would perish but if they seize their hands, all of them would be saved."

31. Scholars of Banu Israel abandoned forbidding evil قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا وَقَعَتْ بَنُو إِسْرَائِيلَ فِي الْمَعَاصِي نَهَتْهُمْ عُلَمَاؤُهُمْ فَلَمْ يَنْتَهُوا فَجَالَسُوهُمْ فِي مَجَالِسِهِمْ وَوَاكَلُوهُمْ وَشَارَبُوهُمْ فَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَ بَعْضِهِمْ بِبَعْضٍ وَلَعَنَهُمْ عَلَى لِسَانِ دَاوُدَ وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ذَلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ قَالَ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَكَانَ مُتَّكِئًا فَقَالَ لَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ حَتَّى تَأْطُرُوهُمْ عَلَى الْحَقِّ أَطْرًا

32. Translation The Prophet ( sas ) said, " When Banu Israel fell into disobedience, their scholars prohibited them but they did not stop. But they [the scholars] continued to sit with them in their gatherings and eat with them and drink with them so Allah struck all of their hearts together and cursed them {,,,upon the tongues of Daud and isa the son of Maryam. That was for their disobedience and the transgressions they committed }." The Prophet ( saw) then sat up - he had been reclining - and said, "By the One in whose hand my soul is! Not until you take them to the truth forcefully!"(Tirmidhi)

33. Best Jihad أَنَّ رَجُلًا سَأَلَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَقَدْ وَضَعَ ? رِجْلَهُ فِي الْغَرْزِ أَيُّ الْجِهَادِ أَفْضَلُ قَالَ كَلِمَةُ حَقٍّ عِنْدَ سُلْطَانٍ جَائِر T hat a man asked the Prophet (SAW) when he (SAW) had already placed his foot in the stirrup, "Which jihad is best?" He (SAW) said, "A word of truth in the presence of an unjust ruler."

34. When Munkar is not removed, Allah sends general chastisement قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَءُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَإِنَّكُمْ تَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَوْضِعِهَا وَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوْا الْمُنْكَرَ وَلَا يُغَيِّرُوهُ أَوْشَكَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمْ بِعِقَابِهِ

35. Translation Abu Bakr stood up, praised Allah Mighty and Great and said, "O people, you read this verse {O you who believe, upon you is your selves, those who go astray cannot harm you when you are upon guidance...} and you surely distort and misunderstand its meaning. Verily , I heard the Messenger of Allah ( saw) say, "Surely if the people see wrongdoing and do not rectify it, Allah is just about to generalize his punishment to all of them."

36. Abandoning Nahi -Anil-Munkar, a sign of the Day of Judgment The Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) said: “How will it be for you when your women will commit sins and your youth will transgress and you will not order for acknowledged virtues nor forbid from sin? It was said to him: “Will that happen O messenger of Allah?” Then he (S.A.W.) said: Yes. Then he said: “How will it be for you when you order for sins and forbid from acknowledged virtues?” Then it was said to him: “O messenger of Allah(S.A.W.)! Will that happen?” Then he said: “Yes and worse than that how will it be for you when you perceive acknowledged virtue as sin and perceive sin as acknowledged virtue?”

37. Ibn Qudamah on avoiding Munkar

38. Ibn Taymiyah

39. Reward & Status of those who fulfil the obligation Indeed the Prophet (saw) stated in one Hadeeth as narrated by Imam Bayhaqi ( ra ), “There will be from the end of my Ummah a people that will be rewarded like the first generation as they enjoin the Maroof and forbid the Munkar ”. A narration with similar wording was narrated by Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal ( ra ) in his Musnad Vol 4 pg 62 that the Prophet (saw) said, “Verily from my Ummah there will be a people that will be rewarded like the first generation, those who forbid the Munkar”.

40. Virtues of doing good and avoiding evil a . Important obligation in Islam. b. Must for the integrity, safety and the good of society. c. Turns hearts to straight path. d. Way to glory and honor in the world. e. N ahi anil munkar is “ Sadaqah ” or charitable deed . f. Removes hardship and distress. g. People who are prevented from unjust deeds will be saved by Allah Subhanahu wa Ta'ala . h. It builds rewards for the righteous believers. i . Doing good and avoiding evil is an act of jihad. j. Doing good and avoiding evil leads to forgiveness of sins.

41. Consequences of abandoning Nahi anil Munkar a. Brings curse of Allah (SWT) and humiliation in the world b. Losses in dunya get worse. c. Punishment of Allah(SWT) in the this world and the hereafter. d. Brings victory to and control by the enemies of Islam. e. Duas are not accepted. f. Such people will be destroyed by Allah (SWT) g. They will be held accountable for this on the Day of Resurrection. h. Turns the heart spiritually sick, or even dead

42. Consequences of neglecting it Ahmad narrated on the authority of Abu Bakrah that the messenger said: "If the people see the Munkar (evil, wrong doing) and they do not change it, Allah will take them with a punishment ". Prophet (SAW) said, “Nay, by Allah, you have to enjoin the good and forbid the wrong, and restrain the hand of the tyrant, and to force him on the truth and to confine him to the truth, otherwise Allah will be about to strike the hearts of some of you against others, then He will curse you as He cursed the Children of Israel”.

43. Consequences of not enjoining Ma’ruf & forbidding Munkar Great sin, dua’s not being accepted and punishment of Allah Bukhari and Muslim narrated on the authority of Aisha ( ra ) that the messenger (saw) said: "O people ! Allah says: Enjoin good and forbid evil before you call me and I will not reply to you, and before you ask me and I will not give you, and before you seek my forgiveness and I will not give victory to you ". Ahmad and Tabarani narrated on the authority of Udai ibn Umairah that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said: ”Allah does not punish the general public because of the wrong doing of specific people until they see the evil (committed) among them while able to stop it and they do not. If they do that, Allah will punish the specific people and the general public..”

44. Consequence of neglecting it Al- Bazzar (RA) and Tabarani narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said, . “You shall enjoin good and you shall forbid munkar, or Allah will empower on you the evil ones, then your best ones will call upon Allah and He shall not respond ..”

45. Conditions of Amr & Nahi 1. You must be familiar with the Islamic view on that issue in order to properly define "good" and "evil" before encouraging others to do good or forbid them from evil.  2.  In each given case, you must weigh the possibility of the influence of your advice. If you are sure or there seems to be a great probability that your words will have no effect on the other person, then it is not necessary to do amr or nahi .  3.  You must also evaluate the state of the person whom you want to advise . Is he insisting or repeating the evil deeds or was it just a one time slip on his part? If you discern or come to know that he is not going to repeat the sin, then you do not have to do amr or nahi .  4.  You must also evaluate the overall situation to make sure that your action of amr or nahi would not lead to a worse situation than what exists at present.

46. Conditions 5-Kindness and wisdom:  When enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, one must be kind and gentle. Without it, people will not accept it. Allah (S.W.T.) ordered the messenger Muhammad (S.A.W.) in surat An- Nahl , (Verse 125), what can be translated as, "Invite to the way of your Lord with wisdom and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better…" And also Allah (S.W.T.) ordered Mousa and Haroon when he sent them to Faroah in surat Taha , (Verse 44), what can be translated as, "And speak to him mildly,…" 6-Patience :  When enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil, one must persevere through hardships and must stand for all the harm that he may find in his way. For this reason, Luqman advised his son: Allah (S.W.T) said in surat Luqman, (Verse 17), what can be translated as, "…And enjoin (on the people) for Al- Ma'ruf and forbid (people) from Al-Munkar and pear with patience whatever befalls you

47. Conditions to enjoin what is good and forbid what is evil: 7-Sincerity :  It is a must that the intention must be solely for Allah (S.W.T.). His pleasure must be the only intended reward. Nothing from this worldly life can be intended. Whims and desires like showing off, fighting blindly for one's opinion, can not be intended. 8-Knowledge :  It is a must that the knowledge of Ma'roof and Munkar must be present and must be according to Allah's legislation. If this type of knowledge is not present, then enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil will be based on whims and desires. 9 -Having the correct knowledge implies having the correct ways and etiquette of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is evil. It also implies the knowledge of the situation of the person being spoken with.

48. Conditions that must be there in every Munkar that needs to be removed 10-The Munkar is done openly . The prophet (S.A.W.) said: " Whoever amongst you sees Munkar…" It is not allowed to look for the hidden Munkar to remove because this is considered from spying that we were forbidden from. 11-Scholars must have consensus that this specific thing is a Munkar. The Munkar is not the subject of debates and differences of the scholars. The differences in Ijtihad amongst scholars are not Munkar because the prophet (S.A.W.) acknowledged these differences and did not attack them like the incident of the Asr prayer at the village of Bani Quraithah , which was reported by Imams Bukhari and Muslim.

49. One must practice what one preaches 12-He must be doing what he is ordering people to do, and refraining from what he is ordering people to refrain from.  This way he is effective in his order to people and his act will not be against him on the Day of Judgment. Allah (SWT) says in surat As- Saf , (Verses 2&3), what can be translated as, "O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not? Most hateful it is with Allah that you say that which you do not do." Also Imams Bukhari and Muslim reported that the prophet Muhammad (S.A.W.) said: "A man will be brought on the day of resurrection and will be cast into Hell, and his intestines will pour forth and he will go round them as and ass goes round its millstone. The inmates of Hell will gather round him and say: 'what has happened to you, O so-and-so? Were you not enjoining us to do good and forbidding us to do evil? He will reply: 'I was enjoining you to good, but was not doing it myself; and I was forbidding you to do evil, but was doing it myself."

50. Three levels of amr and nahi :

51. Stand of great scholars of the past Imam Malik ( ra ), the Imam of Madinah in Fiqh and hadeeth gave a fatwa stating that the oath that is taken through duress is invalid, So the Wali (Ruler) in the region had him dragged through the streets on the back of a donkey. Whilst he was being dragged he was exclaiming, “Know who I am! I am Malik ibn Anas and the pledge that is taken through force is invalid, is invalid, is invalid !” This is a Muslim scholar who understood his responsibility to stand up to any tyrant and its falsehood regardless of the consequences to himself. He realized he was someone who had weight and responsibility, his words counted and he used them to keep the Ummah on the Haq or the truth.

52. Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal ( ra ), Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal ( ra ) was a great scholar of Hadeeth, the Mujtahid of Makkah and to whom the Hanbali Madhab is attributed. In his time Ma’moon became Khaleefah who had adopted the Mu’tazilla belief that the Quran was created and attempted to force this belief upon the masses. He started with the Ulema as they were the ones who had the leadership over the Ummah. Amongst the Ulema was Imam Ahmad who refused to accept this corrupt doctrine. His uncle went to him and asked him to say with his tongue what he does not accept in his heart, to this he responded, “If the Alim stays silent in the face of falsehood when will the truth become manifest ”. He preferred prison to corrupting an aspect of the Islamic Aqeeda and was prepared to suffer in this way following the example of Yusuf (as) who preferred prison to the fitna that he was faced with.

53. Imam Abu- Hanifah (RA ) Let us remember the example of Imam Abu Hanifa ( ra ) who was the Imam of Ahlus Sunnah, the Mujtahid and Faqih of Kufah . He was summoned to the court of Mansoor who was Khaleefah at the time and told him to take the position of Qadi ul Qadaa , i.e. chief justice. He refused as he did not view the Khaleefah as the most just of characters and therefore some people could have tainted his character. He replied the following, “I am not fit for this position!”, to which Mansoor became angry and shouted, “You lie! You are fit!” To which Abu Hanifah responded “If I am lying them I am not fit for the post, if I am not then I tell the truth I am not fit for the post!” As a result he was imprisoned and lashed. So we see the example of Abu Hanifah who wanted to stay away from the tyrants and their tyranny regardless of any benefits in the Dunya. Subhan Allah

54. Dua for safety from evil destiny