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tigerkhan
i think its a deep topic and need much wisdom to understand.
Yes, brother you are right. Muslims aren't perfect and all of us are at differing levels of understanding. There will be people doing things they mustn't do. All of us have faults. To enjoin the good and forbid the evil is a duty imposed upon us by Allah
if we are able to do so.
I heard the Messenger of Allaah say: “If acts of disobedience are done among any people and they do not change them even though they are able to do so, Allaah will soon smite them all with punishment.”[Ahmad, Abu Daawood, An-Nasaa’i, Al-Tirmithi and Ibn Maajah] [Saheeh]
The Qur'an makes it crystal clear who is qualified to enjoin the good and forbid the evil....as stated in the article....
Enjoin you Al-Birr (piety and righteousness and each and every act of obedience to Allâh) on the people and you forget (to practise it) yourselves.”(Baqarah 2:44)
So many of us know a lot of hadiths and suras of the Qur'an. But how many act upon that knowledge? Allah knows best. The point is, knowledge is useless unless it is acted upon.
And one can't act upon knowledge unless one first acquires knowledge.
This means enjoining the good and forbidding the evil isn't something that everyone can do. If it is done by an ignorant person, it could cause more harm than good.
I've seen Muslims who are quick to point out faults of others and who openly criticize people, causing them to flee in the opposite direction. And all the while, these critical Muslims delude themselves by believing that they were merely enjoining the good and forbidding the evil.