Shaykhul Islām ibn Taymiyyah on ordering good and forbidding evil

2 April 2023 · 11 Ramaḍān 1444 AH

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قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية رحمه الله: >فَلَا بُد من هَذِه الثَّلَاثَة الْعلم والرفق وَالصَّبْر: الْعلم قبل الْأَمر وَالنَّهْي والرفق مَعَه وَالصَّبْر بعده<

Reference

• Al-Istiqāmah (2/233)

Translation

Shaykhul Islām ibn Taymiyyah [d. 728H] (may Allāh have mercy upon him) said: So these three are necessary: knowledge, kindness and patience: “Knowledge before commanding [good or forbidding evil], kindness while doing it, and patience after it.”