order to get to Allah. For example; I feel guilty about a sin thati do
and then i will regret it and ask for forgiveness constantly and only
cry if igive an Islamic talk about it to warn people away from it.
Every day i hate myself for only being ableto express my true regret
through people to Allah, i feel like im showing off and everytime i
intend to do something, there is a battle between me an shaytan to do
the intention for Allah. I am trying to stop speaking toboys in
college but in my sociology class there are two practicing boys and
everytime i talk about Islam i can't say it out load but i wisper it
in fear of showing off. I then onlyshout or say out load Jahilstuff
but i become very easily worried about whatpeople think of me. I show
off in the deen and fear i shall become a hypocrite or be led
astray,it's a battle to do one deed for Allah sometimes and i feel
like i can't express to Allah my full regret without using people.
Praise be to Allaah.
We ask Allah to make us and you steadfast in adherence to His
religion, and to ward off from us the plots of the Shaytaan, for he is
a clear enemy who seeks to lead people astray. You should note that
enjoining what is good and forbidding whatis evil is one of the
characteristics of the believers. Allah, may He be exalted, says
(interpretation of the meaning):
"The believers, men and women, are Awliya (helpers, supporters,
friends, protectors) of one another, they enjoin (on the people)
Al-Maroof (i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to
do), and forbid (people)from Al-Munkar (i.e. polytheism and disbelief
of all kinds, and all that Islam has forbidden)"
[at-Tawbah 9:71].
But the one who wants toenjoin what is good and forbid what is evil
should not let his actions contradict his words; rather he should
enjoin what is good and do it, and he should forbid what is evil and
avoid it. Allah, may He be exalted, says (interpretation of
themeaning):
"O you who believe! Why do you say that which you do not do?
Most hateful it is with Allah that you say that which you do not do"
[as-Saff 61:2-3].
And Shu 'ayb (peace be upon him) said:
"I wish not, in contradiction to you, to do that which I forbid you"
[Hood 11:88].
Al-Bukhaari (3267) and Muslim (2989) narrated that Usaamah ibn Zayd
(may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) say: "Aman will be brought
on the Day of Resurrection and thrown into the Fire; his intestines
will spill forth in the Fire and he will go around as a donkey goes
around the millstone. The people of Hell will gather around him and
will say: O So andso, what is the matter with you? Did you not enjoin
what is good and forbid what is evil? He will say: Yes, but I used
toenjoin good and not do it,and I used to forbid evil and do it."
Ibn Baaz (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
One of the qualities and characteristics that the daa'iyah (the one
who calls others to Allah) should – indeed must – have is that he must
act upon what he calls peopleto and he should be a good example of
what he is promoting. He should not be one of those who call people to
something then fail to do it themselves, or who tell people not to do
something, then do it. That is the state of the losers; we seek refuge
with Allah from that. As for the believers who will succeed, they call
people to the truth and act in accordance with it, striving and
hastening to attain it, and keeping away from that which they tell
others not to do.
End quote from Majmoo' Fataawa Ibn Baaz, 1/346
Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Part of the etiquette of enjoining what is good and forbidding what is
evil is that one should be the first to obey the commands and the
first toavoid what is forbidden.
End quote from Sharh Riyaadh as-Saaliheen, p. 202
If a person exhorts his brother concerning a sin that he himself has
fallen into, although this is something that is not befitting for the
Muslim, itdoes not come under the heading of hypocrisy or showing off.
The Standing Committee was asked:
If I exhort my brothers and warn them against certain sins, but I
myself fall into those sins, am I regarded as a hypocrite?
The Committee replied: You have to repent from sins and exhort your
brothers to avoid them. It is not permissible for you to commit sins
and fail to advise your brothers, because this is combining two sins.
You have to repent to Allah from that whilst still advising your
brothers.....
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