قال شيخ الإسلام ابن تيمية رØمه الله: "وإذا كان الأمر بالمعرو٠والنهي عن المنكر من أعظم الواجبات أو المستØبات، لا بد أن تكون المصلØØ© Ùيها راجØØ© على المÙسدة، إذ بهذا بعثت الرسل، ونزلت الكتب، والله لا ÙŠØب الÙساد، بل كان ما أمر الله به هو الصلاØ
رسالة الأمر بالمعرو٠ص. ١٧
Shaykh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah - rahimahullaah - said: 'Since it is known that commanding goodness and forbidding evil is from the greatest obligations or recommendations, the (public) benefits thereof must sepercede the evil consequences. This is what the Messengers were sent with and the reasons the books were revealed. Allaah does not love corruption rather what He commands is goodness.'
Risaalah al-Amr Bil Mar'uuf p.17 as quoted in Lamm Ad-Durr al-Manthuur Minal Qaul Ma'thuur, p.258.
Also in the series: Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah on Gentleness in Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil
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