Author: Abu Aisha
Mu’tazila (27th part)
Ahl al-Sunnah’s point of view
First, we will express the opinion of the Sunnis about the types of good and bad, then we will discuss the conditions that the Mu’tazila have established for those who enjoin what is good and what forbids what is bad.
Famous and infamous types
The opinion of some Ahl al-Sunnah scholars about the division of the good and the bad; Ibn Taymiyyah, may God have mercy on him, believes that fame is based on one type, just as negation is based on one type. In this regard, he says: “However, due to the type, the good is absolutely commanded and the evil is absolutely forbidden. [[1] So, like the Mu’tazila, he doesn’t know the famous in several types; Of course, they agree with the Mu’tazila in denying; [Because they also say: denial is a type]
Allamah Bajauri, may God have mercy on him, believes: “The order is subject to the agent. If the agent is recommended, then the order is also recommended, and if the agent is obligatory, then the order is obligatory, and the prohibition is the same, the prohibition of abominable work, delegation and Prohibition of haram work is obligatory.
The author of the book “Al-Mu’tazila wa Usulham al-Khamsa wa Maqaf Ahl Sunnah Menhm” has made the following conclusion in this case and says: “Perhaps the second sentence (Allameh Bajauri’s sentence) is closer to correctness and correctness; Because if a person doesn’t do what is recommended, there is no sin for him, so it is necessary to do so in the first way if he is not ordered to do it, and it isn’t obligatory for a person to give up an abominable act, so forbidding it shouldn’t be obligatory in the first way.
Ahl al-Sunnat’s point of view about the conditions that enjoin good and forbid evil
Ahl al-Sunnah and Jamaat agree with Mu’tazila in many of these situations; But in some of these situations, they have differences with them, and here we will limit ourselves to mentioning the cases that are different between different parties:
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That the Mu’tazila say: changing the negative should be done in an easier way first, then hard and difficult methods should be used.
This is true, but it isn’t always obligatory. change the negative first with easier methods then with hard methods; Rather, this issue varies with different situations; For this reason, the Prophet, peace be upon him, started with the highest method in the beginning, and then went through the lower stages. The Messenger of God, peace be upon him, says in a hadith: «من رأى منكم منكرا فليغيره بيده، فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه، فإن لم یستطع فبقلبه، وذلك أضعف الإيمان؛ Whenever one of you sees an evil deed, he should change it with his hand and stop it, and if he could not, then he should change it with his tongue and forbid it, and if he could not, then he should [reject it and avoid it] with his heart, and this It is the weakest degree of faith.
The appropriate wisdom is that the one who forbids evil deeds in any way he deems appropriate and has the position and status of the demand, forbids and prevents evil deeds; Qazi Ayyadt says in this regard: “The one who prohibits an abominable act, removes it in any way that is possible for him, be it by words or actions, then [if he sees the instruments of sexual immorality], he should break it and don’t take drugs.” destroy it himself or order someone to do it.
It is permissible to change the negation with the sword: this condition is void, because it leads to the loss of many people and the shedding of a lot of blood. Because of the sin, no one dares to consider the blood of a Muslim as permissible, and this causes the spread of chaos and the cause of insecurity and peace among the people; Rather, the truth here is that if
Ahl al-Sunnahs point of view about the conditions that enjoin good and forbid evil
Ahl al-Sunnah and Jamaat agree with Mu’tazila in many of these situations; But in some of these situations, they have differences with them, and here we will limit ourselves to mentioning the cases that are different between different parties:
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That the Mu’tazila say: changing the negative should be done in an easier way first, then hard and difficult methods should be used;
